The Little Gray Claim is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,949 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,949 Feet (2,118 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.53833, -117.08222
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Little Gray Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Gray Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Manhattan District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Burdick-Wittenburg Estate
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Striking N20w, Dipping 60 W Post-Mineral Fault Movement Has Crushed Some Ore.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): DRY WASH PLACERING BEGAN IN 1906 ON THIS CLAIM. THE VEIN WAS FIRST WORKED IN 1910.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION OF $120,000 AVERAGING $22.50/TON. SOME INTERMITTENT PLACERING HAS BEEN DONE.
Comment (Deposit): LITTLE GRAY VEIN ORE-BEARING FAULT-VEIN CONSISTS OF A NETWORK OF QUARTZ STRINGERS CEMENTING SLATE FRAGMENTS BETWEEN GOUGE ZONES. ASSOCIATED WITH THE QUARTZ IS A POWDER OF MN AND FE OXIDES CONTAINING FINE FREE GOLD. ORE IN LOWER OREBODY IS UNOXIDIZED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 400 FT INCLINE SHAFT (INACCESSIBLE) WITH LEVELS AT 50, 100, 200, AND 300 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 120
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 723, P. 136
Reference (Production): FERGUSON, P. 145.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
