The Sano Mine is a lead, gold, and silver mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Sano Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sano Mine
Secondary: Packard Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 2912, 2913
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1923
Discovery Year: 1923
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEINS NEAR GRANODIORITE CONTACT. MINE IS IN GRANITE AT MARGIN OF A LIMESTONE WITH VOLCANICS ABOVE OR COVERING THE UPPER EXPOSURES. VEIN MATERIAL -IS HIGHLY OXIDIZED IN PLACES WITH RED IRON OXIDES. CLEAR QUART-Z MATERIAL HAS AG-PB MINERALIZATION IN SMALL CLOTS WITH POSSIB-LE GOLD. LOWER ADIT IS ON A VEIN IN A N85E, 60N SHEAR. SOME OF- THE DUMP MATERIAL LOOKS LIKE ANDESITE INTRUSIVE, BUT THERE IS- NONE IN OUTCROP. SOME OF THE VEIN MATERIAL IS A MIXTURE OF QU-ARTZ AND CALCITE.
Comment (Deposit): THE MINE WAS ACTIVE IN 1922 1923 WITH C. A. PACKARD, MGR, MGR; SANO CONS. M S. CO. SILVER-LEAD ORE CONTAINING A LITTLE GOLD IS PRESENT IN VEINS IN THE GRANODIORITE NEAR ITS CONTACT WITH LIMESTONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Development): PRE-1923
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 70
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEV., NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION, 6-3-85
Reference (Production): BONHAM, H. F., 1969
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.
