Shafer

Past Producer in Gilpin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10190808
MAS/MILS ID 0080470283
Record type Site
Current site name Shafer
Alternate or previous names Shafter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.53449, 39.75439 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Central City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gilpin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Tennantite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.53449, 39.75439

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central City

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1947
    Period 1901-1947
    Material ore
    Ore mined 48694.27mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Zinc Zinc 177.8mt
    Minor Lead Lead 1988.09mt
    Minor Copper Copper 18164.1mt
    Trace Silver Silver 1186006.83g
    Major Gold Gold 615475.68g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) 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.