Bull Domingo

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033964
MRDS ID M020619
Record type Site
Current site name Bull Domingo
Alternate or previous names Domingo Mineral Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.11982, 37.43244 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 1/2 WEST OF ROBERTS CAMP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crooked Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006S 035E 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.11982, 37.43244

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip 60 E
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Contact.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pine Mtn.

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 371.86M
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • 120 FT. DEEP SHAFT, DRIFT 150 FT. IN LENGTH AT 120 FT. LEVEL. ORE STOPPED TO SURFACE FOR LENGTH 150 FT.; 200 FT. BELOW COLLAR OF SHAFT, A CROSS-CUT TUNNEL, DRIVEN NW, 200 FT.; 600 FT. BELOW SHAFT, ANOTHER CROSS-CUT TUNNEL DRIVEN N 55 W FOR 600 FT. DOES NOT INTERSECT FISSURE EXPOSED BY UPPER WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 429

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1938 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 34 NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 429 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG FISSURE CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND SCHIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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