Mine detail: Livingston Mine

Previously called 'Livingstone'

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long: 44.13459, -114.58482

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Secondary: Copper, Gold
Tertiary: Antimony, Cadmium
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Geocronite, Jamesonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Limonite, Marcasite, Pyrite
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1882

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Milligen Formation-Argillite, Quartzite
Host type:Quartzite
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith, Quartz Monzonite;Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite Porphyry
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Idaho Batholith, Livingston Fault; E - W Strike; 33 Deg North Dip
Alteration processes:Limonitization, Weathering Textures

References

MRDSW014178
MAS160370444
DEP10071004
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.}{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:: 1975 Compile USBM, Mining Activity List, 1974}{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.}{Production:: Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, USGS O. F. Rept., P. 460.}{Reserve-Resource:: Mining Record, Aug. 9, 1972,}
ReporterVan Noy, Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat