Fox Range

Geology

• THE FOX RANGE, NORTHWEST NEVADA: DISPLACED FRAGMENT ALONG AN EARLY CRETACEOUS DEXTRAL STRIKE-SLIP FAULT?

Imagery

• The Nevada Wilderness Project, Cottonwood Canyon in the Fox Range
• The Nevada Wilderness Project, Fox Range 11/18/06

Mining

Taken from NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, REPORT 47, MINING DISTRICTS OF NEVADA

Cottonwood
Other names: Cottonwood Canyon, Round Hole
County: Washoe
Discovered: 1870s
Commodities: silver, lead, copper, gold, tungsten, antimony
Comments: Includes all of the Fox Range.
References: Hill, 1912, p. 225; Lincoln, 1923, p. 233; Stoddard, 1932, p. 83; Lawrence, 1963, p.
223; Bonham, 1969, p. 53; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 199; Tingley, 1989a, p. 3

Wilderness Study Area

• http://www.nevadawilderness.org/northwest/foxrange.htm