The Yellow Band Shafer Group is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 7,192 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,192 Feet (2,192 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 45.335, -112.90417
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Yellow Band Shafer Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Band Shafer Group
Secondary: Shafer Group
Secondary: Argenta
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Argenta District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: John Shafer And Assoc.
Home Office: Dillon, Mt
Owner Name: John Shafer And Assoc.
Home Office: Dillon, Mt
Production
Year: 1965
Time Period: 1935-1965
Mined: 3865.060 mt
Material type: Zn
Year: 1965
Time Period: 1935-1965
Mined: 1171.620 mt
Material type: Zn
Year: 1965
Time Period: 1935-1965
Mined: 4871.580 mt
Material type: Cu
Year: 1965
Time Period: 1935-1965
Mined: 505680.390 g
Material type: Au
Year: 1965
Time Period: 1935-1965
Mined: 2410986.320 g
Material type: Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Polymetallic Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1934
Discovery Year: 1934
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Kelly Thrust Trends Ne And Dips 45 W. Area Of Tear Faults, Overturning And Tight Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Brecciation
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LAT LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR THE DISTRICT. IT IS BORDERED ON THE E BY BEAVERTON CREEK, ON THE W BY THE DIVIDE BETWEEN CATARACT AND CLANCY CREEKS, ON THE N BY CLANCY-LUMP GULCH DISTRICT, AND ON THE S BY AMAZON DISTRICT.
Comment (Production): THE WICKES DISTRICT WAS SAID TO HAVE MADE OVER $50000000 PRE 1910.
Comment (Deposit): Merged data from Deposit ID 10293562 (Yellow Band Group) Merged data from Deposit ID 10124176 (Cross Mine) Merged data from Deposit ID 10148271 (Discovery Mine) Merged data from Deposit ID 10220481 (Pine Tree Mine) Merged data from Deposit ID 10147974 (Park Mine)
Comment (Location): GROUP INCLUDES MINES 1/2 MILE ABOVE AND 1/2 MILE BELOW THE YELLOW BAND MINE IN SECT. 2
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION RECORDS ON SHAFER GROUP
Comment (Development): GROUP INCLUDES DISCOVERY, CROSS, YELLOW BAND, PARK, FRENCH CREEK, PRINCE ALBERT, AND KELLY UNPATENTED CLAIMS. PINE TREE, HILLSIDE, AND SILVER LIGHT CLAIMS ARE REGARDED AS PART OF SAME GROUP.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY ADITS, RAISES AND BULLDOZER CUTS. SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF UNDERGROUND STOPES, BUT MOST ARE CAVED. BOAZ ADIT IS 1,000 FT. LONG WITH A 300-FT RAISE TO THE BOAZ SHOOT
Comment (Geology): Lenses grade laterally into quartz dolomite breccia and then dolomite breccia.
Comment (Deposit): ALL LENSES ARE CUT BY TEAR FAULTS WHICH MAY HAVE INFLUENCED ORE DEPOSITION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): MINES: GREGORY, MINAH, MT. WASHINGTON, BLUEBIRD, PENYAN, ELKADOR, WICKES-CORBIN, LONE EAGLE?, BLACKBIRD, RARUS, DAILY, GLENBERG, HELENA-JEFFERSON, NORTHERN PACIFIC, ARIADNE, MINESOTA
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS ARE THE STRONGEST AND MOST NUMEROUS. A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE HAS COME FROM THE QUARTZ CHALCEDONY VEINS.
Comment (Workings): MINES, PLACER
Comment (Geology): 2 FAULTS: ONE IS PARALLEL TO THE NE AND N TRENDING QUARTZ VEINS AND SHEAR ZONES; THE OTHER IS PARALLEL TO THE NE AND N TRENDING QUARTZ LATITE DIKES.
Comment (Deposit): ORE ROCK IS RECRYSTALLIZED TO THE EXTENT THAT THE ORIGINAL CHARACTER IS UNRECOGNIZABLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): BOAZ GOLD-QUARTZ SHOOT IS PRINCIPAL PRODUCER. ORE BODIES ARE LENSES PARALLEL TO THE DOLOMITE BEDDING AND ARE LOCALIZED ALONG CRESTS OF SMALL DOMAL OR ANTICLINAL STRUCTURES
References
Reference (Production): GEACH, R.D., 1972, MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 85
Reference (Deposit): GEACH, R.D., 1972, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS, BEAVERHEAD CO., MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 85.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 92.
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G., GEACH, R.D., BULL. 85
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G., GEACH, R.D., BULL. 85, SIZE & DIRECTIONAL DATA
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
