Sano mine, Wild Horse Canyon area, Cottonwood Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USAi
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Sano mine | Mine |
Wild Horse Canyon area | Area |
Cottonwood Mining District | Mining District |
Washoe County | County |
Nevada | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 18' 57'' North , 119° 37' 49'' West
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Mindat Locality ID:
43208
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:43208:0
GUID (UUID V4):
50d762bf-dff9-4980-9559-aec52ea1e91a
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Packard Mine
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 quartz material has Ag-Pb mineralization in small clots with possible 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 quartz and calcite. 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
Development: PRE-1923
Ore(s): Igneous Contact; Shear Zone
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2 valid minerals.
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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
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C | Carbon | |
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C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10043897 |
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