The Bull Domingo Mine is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,301 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,301 Feet (2,530 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 38.17528, -105.43940
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Bull Domingo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bull Domingo Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Hardscrabble District
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
Owner Name: E. L. Laycock
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975
Production
Year: 1896
Time Period: 1879-1890
Mined: 1000000.000 dollars
Material type: Silver, Lead
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Year Last Production: 1914
Discovery Year: 1879
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
Form: Breccia Pipe
Structure
Type: L
Structure: breccia pip with rounded clasts
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Silicification, carbonatization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): REV BY MILS 11-79
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