The Little Grey is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.5372, -117.07750
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Little Grey MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Grey
Secondary: Reilly Fraction
Secondary: St. George
Secondary: Manhattan Gold Mine
Secondary: Nellie Grey
Secondary: Manhattan Consolidated Mine
Secondary: Manhattan Mine
Secondary: Big Four
Secondary: Mayflower
Secondary: Iron Queen
Secondary: Iron King
Secondary: Gold Wedge
Secondary: Jumping Jack
Secondary: June
Secondary: Stray Dog
Secondary: Skookum
Secondary: Manhattan Project
Secondary: Virginia
Secondary: Annie Lauri
Secondary: Union No. 9
Secondary: Indian Camp Claim
Secondary: Joker Fraction
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Manhattan District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Tenneco Mineral Corp. Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Texas
Info Year: 1985
Owner Name: Case, Pomeroy And Co. (25% Owner Of Rmtgc)
Percent: 25.00
Home Office: New York
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: Homestake Mining Co. (25% Owner Of Rmtgc)
Percent: 25.00
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: Echo Bay Mines Ltd (50% Owner Of Rmtgc)
Company ID: 2601566
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: Round Mountain Gold Corp. (Rmtgc)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Agglomerate-Carbon Column-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1980
Discovery Year: 1866
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Electrum
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Adularia
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Manganese Ox-Hydrous
Unknown: Iron Oxides-Hydrated
Unknown: Gold
Comments
Comment (Ownership): MINING IS BY CONTRACTOR--W.E. VINING, CARSON CITY, NV.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES DEPLETED - MINED OUT IN 1991.
Comment (Economic Factors): THE MINE CONSISTS OF TWO OPEN PITS, THE EAST PIT AND THE WEST PIT. THE EAST PIT IS CENTERED ON THE BIG FOUR, JOKER FRACTION, LAST CHANCE, BIG PINE, REILLEY FRACTION, JUMPING JACK MINE CLAIM, AND STRAY DOG MINE CLAIM. THE WEST PIT IS CENTERED ON THE NELLIE GREY, LITTLE GREY, UNION NO. 9, CRESCENT, SKOOKUM, AND LITTLE GREY PATENTED PROPERTIES. HOUSTON OIL AND MINERALS CONSOLIDATED THESE PATENTED PROPERTIES AND CLAIMS AND CALLED IT THE MANHATTAN PROJECT.
Comment (Workings): ANIMAL CONTROLS INCLUDE VERTICAL NETTING CONTAINMENT POND. ECONONIC ORE BODY IS DEPLETED AND MINING HAS ENDED. HEAP PAD WILL CONTINUE TO BE LOADED FOR 1-2 MONTHS BEFORE COMPLETION. MILL WILL CONTINUE TO PROCESS ORE FROM SMOKEY VALLEY OPERATIONS.
Comment (Deposit): SIZE OF ORE BODY; SMALL
Comment (Production): ANNUAL PRODUCTION; ANTICIPATED 810 TO 840 KG AU. HEAP LEACH OPERATION. 1988 PROD.= 25,000 OZ AU. 1989 PROD.= 32,400 OZ AU. 1988 RESERVE = 163,982 CONT.OZ.AU. RESIDUAL GOLD PRODUCTION FROM HEAP LEACH TIL 1995.
Comment (Economic Factors): MILL: ON-SITE,ACTIVE,PROCESS RATE; 2700 T/D CRUSHER AND ABOUT 1369 T/D FLOATATION;PRODUCES AU-AG PRECIPITATE. MILLING METHOD: GRAVITY CONC., FLOATATION, BATCH CYANIDE, AGITATED LEACH, MERRILL CROWE ZN PRECIPITATION. SEE MANHATTAN MILL SEQ# 0320239010 FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION. MILL ON STANDBY.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S.G.S. MAP, GQ-40, 1954.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 50, 1951, P125.
Reference (Deposit): U.S G.S. BULLETIN 723, 1924, PP. 97, 151-153.
Reference (Deposit): RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.
Reference (Deposit): AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA
Reference (Deposit): COMMISSION, APRIL, 1980.
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING 1979, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL
Reference (Deposit): STATE INSPECTION OF MINES, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
Reference (Deposit): MANHATTAN BACK ON LINE, NO. 45, JUNE 1983, P. 21A.
Reference (Deposit): MAP OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F. J., AND J. I. ZIONY. PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC
Reference (Deposit): 1924, 163 PP.
Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT, NEVADA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 723,
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H. G. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN
Reference (Deposit): 1921, P. 1-36.
Reference (Deposit): ECON. GEOL. AND BULL. SOC. ECON. GEOL., V. 16, NO. 1,
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H. G. THE LIMESTONE ORES OF MANHATTAN, NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 640, 1916, P. 163-193.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. CH. IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. U.S.
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H. G. PLACER DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT,
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 303, 1907, P. 84-93.
Reference (Deposit): BULLFROG, AND THEIR DISTRICTS IN SOUTHEAST NEVADA. U.S.
Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT. PAPER IN PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT OF GOLDFIELD,
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W. H., AND G. H. GARREY. NOTES ON THE MANHATTAN
Reference (Deposit): SEPT. 1983, P. 21A- 25A.
Reference (Deposit): ALL THE TIME. BIG SKY PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ), NO. 36,
Reference (Deposit): 1983, P. 2.
Reference (Deposit): CLISBY, H. NEVADA'A PRECIOUS METALS PICTURE LOOKING BETTER
Reference (Deposit): WALLACE (ID) MINER. HOUSTON REOPENS GOLD MINE. JULY 28,
Reference (Deposit): JUNE 16, 1983, P. 1-10.
Reference (Deposit): TONOPAH (NV) TIMES-BONANZA. HOUSTON PLANS ARE MOVING AHEAD.
Reference (Deposit): MIN. J., V. 22, NO. 13, 1906, P. 581-583.
Reference (Deposit): RICE, C. T. THE MANHATTAN MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA. ENG. AND
Reference (Deposit): ASSOCIATION BULLETIN, V. 7, NO. 3, 1983, P. 8.
Reference (Deposit): GOLD MINE AT HISTORIC MANHATTAN. NEVADA MINING
Reference (Deposit): P. 48-56.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION (RENO). TENNECO RESTARTS OPEN-PIT
Reference (Deposit): AND SILVER ORES. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 184, NO. 6, 1983,
Reference (Deposit): 223 PP.
Reference (Deposit): LEWIS, A. LEACHING AND PRECIPITATION TECHNOLOGY FOR GOLD
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLGOY BULLETIN 50, 1951,
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V. E. MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): SURVEY OPEN-FILE MAP, 1967, SCALE 1:200,000.
Reference (Deposit): INTERMOUNTAIN PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ). HIMCO BRINGING
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.
