Little Gray Claim

The Little Gray Claim is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,949 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Little Gray Claim  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.