Little Livingston Mine

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096319
MRDS ID W014385
MAS/MILS ID 0160370434
Record type Site
Current site name Little Livingston Mine
Alternate or previous names Little Livingston Lake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.59762, 44.14709 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 17 MI SE OF STANLEY

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 010N 016E 32 SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SELECT SAMPLE CONTAINED 13.7 OZ AG/TON, 19.4% PB, OTHER SAMPLES CONTAINED LESS THAN 3 OZ AG/TON, 1% PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Quartzite, Dolomite, Argillite;Wood River Formation-Quartzite, Limestone
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Quartzite, Dolomite, Argillite;Wood River Formation-Quartzite, Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.59762, 44.14709

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, BRECCIA
    Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 45 DEG S
    Length 167.64M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Argillite - Quartzite Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1884

Mining district

District name Boulder Creek District

Land status

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JUN-1992 Van Noy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references