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== References ==
== References ==
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== Resources==
== Resources==
* Joseph V. Tingley, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=LxpeTDkrYQMC&lpg=PA3&ots=kLMq5xm1Uh&dq=sano%20cottonwood&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=sano%20cottonwood&f=false R043: Mineral resources of the Kumiva Peak 30" by 60" quadrangle]],"  Description of the Sano mine, developed in the 1920's.
* Joseph V. Tingley, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=LxpeTDkrYQMC&lpg=PA3&ots=kLMq5xm1Uh&dq=sano%20cottonwood&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=sano%20cottonwood&f=false R043: Mineral resources of the Kumiva Peak 30" by 60" quadrangle],"  Description of the Sano mine, developed in the 1920's.
* Nevada Bureau of Mines, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=UXgfAQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA2-PA83&ots=UFcUianFM1&dq=sano%20cottonwood&pg=RA2-PA83#v=onepage&q=cottonwood&f=false Bulletin, Issues 1-10; Issues 12-22]"
* Nevada Bureau of Mines, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=UXgfAQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA2-PA83&ots=UFcUianFM1&dq=sano%20cottonwood&pg=RA2-PA83#v=onepage&q=cottonwood&f=false Bulletin, Issues 1-10; Issues 12-22]"
** Schrader F C Stone RW and Sanford Samuel Useful minerals of the United States
** Schrader F C Stone RW and Sanford Samuel Useful minerals of the United States

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The Cottonwood Mining District is in the Fox Range near the Sano siding.[1]

"Cottonwood district — The Ambassador Mines Co. developed its property in the Cottonwood district and shipped to a smelter 3 tons of 25 per cent lead ore carrying silver and a little gold."[2]

Mines

  • Garnet Tungsten Mine
  • Modoc Mine
  • Packard Mine
  • Silver Fox Mine
  • Sano Consolidated Mine
  • Rodero Canyon[3]
  • Wild Horse Canyon Mine<ref name="overton">

References

  1. Joseph V. Tingley, "Mining Districts of Nevada," Report 47, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1998, 2nd Edition. See map for details.
  2. "Mineral Resources of the United States," p. 669, 1929.
  3. Theodore D. Overton, "Mineral Resources of Douglas, Ormsby, and Washoe Counties," p. 60-61, Geology and Mining Bulletin No. 46, December, 1947.

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