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Ben West Hill prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10311059
Record type Site
Current site name Ben West Hill prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.46251, 38.15668 (WGS84)

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

Comments on the location information

  • On the south and west flanks of Ben West Hill, about 1-1/2 mile north of Westcliffe, in the NW/4 sec. 8, T 22 S, R 72 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Silver Cliff Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.46251, 38.15668
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Cliff District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • A 1981 report suggested that low-grade, bulk-tonnage silver-lead-zinc deposits may occur in this area. (Sunshine files)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Fieldman, D.W. and Crowley, F.P., 1980, Silver deposits in the southern portion of the Silver Cliff caldera, in Silver Cliff volcanic center and Tallahassee Creek uranium deposits: Denver Region Exploration Geologists Society Guidebook, pp. 1-14.

  • Deposit

    Sharp, W. N., 1978, Geologic map of the Silver Cliff and Rosita volcanic centers, Custer County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1081.

  • Reserve-Resource

    Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-2006 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

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

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