Bull Domingo Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Uranium
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288026
MRDS ID D007923
MAS/MILS ID 0080270021
Record type Site
Current site name Bull Domingo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.43997, 38.17529 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Relative position east shaft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westcliffe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 021 S 072 W 33 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Ankerite Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, carbonatization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 82
USGS model code 22
Deposit model name Epithermal veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock type qualifier Syenite dike

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.43997, 38.17529

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name breccia pip with rounded clasts

Ore body information

  • General form Breccia Pipe
    Strike N60E
    Dip 80W
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N60E:80W
    Date of Last Modification 800121

Controls for ore emplacement

  • breccia pip along north trending fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1879
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1914

Mining district

District name Hardscrabble District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. L. Laycock
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1896
    Period 1879-1890
    Material Silver, Lead
    Ore mined 1000000dollars
    Accuracy Estimate

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REV BY MILS 11-79

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.