Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model82: Epithermal veins
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlFaults, Brecciation, Volcanic Vent
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Geology
Host rockTuff,Volcanic Ash,Rhyolite
Associated rockTuff,Volcanic Ash,Rhyolite · Undivided Silver Cliff Rhyolite
StructureRosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Ben West Ring Fault; Adjacent Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationArgillization
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10097807
MRDS IDD007841
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.16945, -105.4589
References
CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081.