Round Mountain Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012306
MRDS ID D007862
Record type Site
Current site name Round Mountain Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.42335, 38.14307 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 1.5 MI N 40 E OF SILVER CLIFF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westcliffe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 022S 072W 10;15 SE OF SW OF SW (10); NE OF NW OF NW (15) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTHERN FLANK OF ROUND MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Bromyrite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Jarosite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 82
USGS model code 22
Deposit model name Epithermal veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Of Round Mountain And White Hills
    Rock description Rhyolite Of Round Mountain And White Hills
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.42335, 38.14307

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Round Mountain Fault, Upper Chloride Gulch Vent

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zones, Volcanic Vent

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Cliff

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081.

  • Deposit

    KOCH, G. S., JR., 1971, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF ASSAY DATA FROM THE ROUND MOUNTAIN SILVER PROSPECT, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7486, 32 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Collins U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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