The Belcher Prospect is a silver mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,219 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 9,219 Feet (2,810 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.11111, -105.36056
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Belcher Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Belcher Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Rosita
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, generic
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns
Type: L
Description: North-Trending Fault; Small Faults; Trachyte Dikes
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strongly Argillized; Quartz Zone
Rocks
Name: Trachyandesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Trachyandesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): WEST SIDE OF DEMOCRAT RIDGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
References
Reference (Deposit): SIEMS, P.L., 1967, VOLCANIC AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE ROSITA HILLS AND SILVER CLIFF DISTRICTS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES, D.SC. THESIS, T1042, 222 P.
Reference (Deposit): SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAPS I-1081.
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