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Silver Cliff District

Past Producer in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Production statistics
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10311014
Record type District
Current site name Silver Cliff District
Alternate or previous names Hardscrabble district

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.44946, 38.15334 (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

  • Northwestern base of the Wet Mountains near the Wet Mountain Valley floor.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Principally a silver and gold district. Some base metal production.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Cryptomalene Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Silver Unknown
Stibnite Unknown
Stephanite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) argillic; pyritic

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 105
USGS model code 25a-d
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, generic
Mark3 model number 119
Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Older gravels and alluviums
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Silver Cliff volcanic complex and graben

Comments on the geologic information

  • Ore hosted in veins and breccia bodies.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Silver Cliff

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Period 1872-1958
    Material approximate amount of ore mined
    Ore mined 500000mt
    Accuracy Estimate

Comments on the production information

  • Estimated production is for both the Silver Cliff and nearby Rosita Hills districts.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-FEB-2005 Keller, John W. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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