The Bullseye Mine is a gold, lead, and silver mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,240 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 11,240 Feet (3,426 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.38333, -104.97833
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Bullseye Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bullseye Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Colorado
County: Huerfano
District: La Veta District
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Raton Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Structure: N 65 E shear zone
Description: Raton Basin Trough
Type: L
Description: La Veta Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Location): ONE MILE N55E FROM WEST SPANISH PEAK ON UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF WAHATOYA CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Development): ONE TUNNEL, LENGTH UNKNOWN. TWO PROSPECTS LIE WITHIN 250 FT NORTHEAST OF TUNNEL.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF THE SPANISH PEAKS REGION, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 594-6.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-558.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 4,63
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