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Little Gray Claim

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044291
MRDS ID M231687
Record type Site
Current site name Little Gray Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.08314, 38.53826 (WGS84)
Elevation 2118
Relative position NORTH OF RELIANCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manhattan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 044E 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.08314, 38.53826
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Striking N20w, Dipping 60 W Post-Mineral Fault Movement Has Crushed Some Ore.

Ore body information

  • Dip 70 N
    Length 30.48M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Control Veins Along Crushed Zones.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Burdick-Wittenburg Estate

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION OF $120,000 AVERAGING $22.50/TON. SOME INTERMITTENT PLACERING HAS BEEN DONE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1609.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 400 FT INCLINE SHAFT (INACCESSIBLE) WITH LEVELS AT 50, 100, 200, AND 300 FT.

Comments on development

  • DRY WASH PLACERING BEGAN IN 1906 ON THIS CLAIM. THE VEIN WAS FIRST WORKED IN 1910.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 120

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 723, P. 136

  • Production

    FERGUSON, P. 145.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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