Bull Domingo Mine

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

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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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