Bullseye Mine

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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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

Name: Bullseye Mine  

State:  Colorado

County:  Huerfano

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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