Sano Mine

The Sano Mine is a lead, gold, and silver mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.

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: Sano Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Washoe

Elevation:

Commodity: Lead, Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 40.31583, -119.62944

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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

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.