The Plata Verde Mine is a silver mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,501 Feet (2,591 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.14417, -105.42417
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Plata Verde Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Plata Verde Mine
Secondary: Plate Verde
Secondary: Plata Verda
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Silver Cliff
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Discovery Year: 1895
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 veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Silver Cliff Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Wet Mtn Valley
Type: L
Description: North-Trending Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Weakly Argillized
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FIRST LOT ASSAYED 5 OZ AG/TON, SECOND LOT 3 OZ AG/TON
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): WEST SLOPE OF ROUND MTN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Workings): PIT 90 FT DIAMETER, 60 FT DEEP
Comment (Deposit): PLATE VERDE MILL BUILT TO PROCESS ORE FROM MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, S.F., 1896, THE MINES OF CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 405-472.
Reference (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 REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK, P. 1-14.
Reference (Deposit): SHARP, W.M., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081.
Reference (Deposit): CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.
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