Livingston Mine, Jim Creek, Boulder Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USAi

Regional Level Types
Livingston Mine	Mine
Jim Creek	Creek
Boulder Creek Mining District	Mining District
Custer County	County
Idaho	State
USA	Country

The Livingston Mine was a prominent lead-silver-antimony mine for a time located at 9300' on Railroad Ridge. The ore occurred as fissure fillings and replacements in argillite and rhyolite. One notable geologic feature of the mine was the abundance of jamesonite in places, with the Livingston deposit being one of the larger occurrences of this mineral in the state. The mine was first staked in 1882 and some small shipments were soon made to the Clayton Smelter. In 1922 the first major development occurred with the building of a wagon road to the mine and in 1923 the company began the instillation of a mill, powerhouse, and 3 mile long aerial tramway. During this year some small lots of ore were also shipped. The mill was completed around 1925 and concentrates began being shipped. It produced steadily in 1926 and 1927, having the largest payroll of any mine in southern Idaho for 1927. From then until early 1929 the mine remained a large producer. In 1930 the mine closed and little was done until 1939 when a few cars of ore were produced. There was intermittent production from the mine until 1946 when new equipment was installed and the mine was worked steadily at a small scale until 1950. In the mid 1950s the mine received extensive exploration work but no new ore bodies were found to justify more development. Much of the tailings were also reprocessed during this time. The recorded production from the mine (combined with the Little Livingston) is 86000 tons of ore containing 543,000 oz of silver, 17,200,000 lbs of lead, and 4,100,000 lbs of zinc.

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