The Consolidated War Dance and Jolly Sailor Mines is a copper, lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,001 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
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 43.5656, -114.44640
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Consolidated War Dance and Jolly Sailor Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Consolidated War Dance and Jolly Sailor Mines
Secondary: War Dance
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Mineral Hill 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.
Administrative Organization: Sawtooth National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: James Burns And Assoc.
Owner Name: R. B. French
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): 6 TUNNELS IN WAR DANCE; SHALLOW CUTS
Comment (Production): ITEMS 8-16 REFER TO THE WAR DANCE MINE. IT YIELDED LEAD-SILVER ORE, GROSS VALUE $126,018 IN THE 1880'S. ITEMS 1-3 REFER TO JOLLY SAILOR MINE
Comment (Workings): 6 TUNNELS IN WAR DANCE; SHALLOW CUTS; LENGTH OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS TOTAL AT LEAST 10,000 FT
References
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINNIE MOORE AND NEAR-BY MINES: USGS BULL. 814, P. 1-245.
Reference (Deposit): BELL, R. N., 1904, REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1903.
Reference (Deposit): 1904 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPT. FOR 1903
Reference (Deposit): 1930 GEOLMAP J. B. UMPLEBY AND OTHERS, BULL. 814
Reference (Production): UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS BULL. 814
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