Livingston Mine

The Livingston Mine is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 9,600 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Livingston Mine
Secondary: Livingstone

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Cadmium

Location

State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Boulder Creek 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: Challis National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Mine Development Corp.

Owner Name: Elmer Swanson

Production

Year: 1954
Time Period: 1902-1954
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.005 Oz Au, 4.1 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.02% Cu, 6.7% Pb, 3.0% Zn.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1882
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Idaho Batholith

Type: L
Description: Livingston Fault; E - W Strike; 33 Deg North Dip

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization, Weathering Textures

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 50 SAMPLES AVG.: 0.08 OZ AU/TON, 48.5 OZ AG/TON, 0.24 % CU, 48 % PB, 52 % ZN, 0.189 % CD, 2.6 % SB, 1.74 % A

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Jamesonite
Ore: Geocronite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Other Veins Include Little Falls, Blumenthal.

Comment (Location): Located In Upper Jim Creek

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

Comment (Workings): Most of the Mine Is Caved In; the Christmas Stope Is Approximately 200 Ft Wide and 30 Ft High

Comment (Development): 4 Patented Claims, Millsite Claims and 77 Unpatented Claims

References

Reference (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.

Reference (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.

Reference (Deposit): Mining Record, Aug. 9, 1972.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1975, Activity Of Idaho Mining Properties, 1974: USBM, Boise, Idaho, 61 P.

Reference (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.

Reference (Deposit): 1949 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 88

Reference (Deposit): 1953 Direxpl Dmea

Reference (Deposit): 1974 Recon Tschanz, C. M., And Others, Open-File Rept.

Reference (Deposit): 1975 Compile USBM, Mining Activity List, 1974

Reference (Production): Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, USGS O. F. Rept., P. 460.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): Mining Record, Aug. 9, 1972,

Reference (Deposit): Ross, C.P., 1937, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 877, P. 149-151.

Reference (Deposit): Vannoy, R.M., And Others, 1986, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1545-E, P. 347-358.

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