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Livingston Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Cadmium, Antimony
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071004
MRDS ID W014178
MAS/MILS ID 160370444
Record type Site
Current site name Livingston Mine
Alternate or previous names Livingstone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.5839, 44.1347 (WGS84)
Elevation 2926
Relative position 19 MI SE OF STANLEY, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livingston Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009N 016E 4 SW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Located In Upper Jim Creek

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Geocronite Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization, Weathering Textures

Analytical data

Result 50 SAMPLES AVG.:\n0.08 OZ AU/TON, \n48.5 OZ AG/TON, \n0.24 % CU, \n48 % PB, \n52 % ZN, \n0.189 % CD, \n2.6 % SB, \n1.74 % A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith, Quartz Monzonite;Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite Porphyry
    Rock description Idaho Batholith, Quartz Monzonite;Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Argillite, Quartzite
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Argillite, Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.5839, 44.1347
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Livingston Fault; E - W Strike; 33 Deg North Dip
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike E - W
    Dip N
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 182.88M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Livingston Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Discoverer A. S. And W. S. Livingston

Mining district

District name Boulder Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest
Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Elmer Swanson
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mine Development Corp.

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1902-1954
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.005 Oz Au, 4.1 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.02% Cu, 6.7% Pb, 3.0% Zn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 7wt-pct
    Ore Gold Gold 0g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 116g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • Figures May Include Minor Production From Little Livingstone Mine; No Production 1903 - 1922, 1931 - 1934, 1936 - 1938, 1942 - 1944, 1953.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 6705.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • Most of the Mine Is Caved In; the Christmas Stope Is Approximately 200 Ft Wide and 30 Ft High

Comments on development

  • 4 Patented Claims, Millsite Claims and 77 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    Mining Record, Aug. 9, 1972,

  • Production

    Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, USGS O. F. Rept., P. 460.

  • Deposit

    Kern, Richard R., 1972, Geology And Economic Deposits Of Slate Creek Area, Custer Co., Idaho: Pocatello, Idaho, Idaho State Ms Thesis, P. 38 - 41.

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., 1949, The Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Boulder Creek Mining District, Custer Co., Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 88, 37 P.

  • Deposit

    Mining Record, Aug. 9, 1972.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1975, Activity Of Idaho Mining Properties, 1974: USBM, Boise, Idaho, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open-File Rept., 648 P.

  • Deposit

    1949 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 88

  • Deposit

    1953 Direxpl Dmea

  • Deposit

    1974 Recon Tschanz, C. M., And Others, Open-File Rept.

  • Deposit

    Ross, C.P., 1937, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 877, P. 149-151.

  • Deposit

    Vannoy, R.M., And Others, 1986, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1545-E, P. 347-358.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Other Veins Include Little Falls, Blumenthal.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1975-03-01 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1994-04-28 Van Noy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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