Fox Range
The Fox Range is a mountain range located east of the Smoke Creek Desert.
North of the Fox Range is Godeys Rock.
Oddly, Fox Mountain is not in Fox Range.
Resources
- GNIS Fox Range
- Alternate Name: Fox Mountains "Overton, Theodore D. 'Mineral Resources of Douglas, Ormsby, and Washoe Counties:' Reno: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 46, 1947, 91pp. Describes the mining districts, mines, mills, and resources of the mentioned counties. p60"
- Alternate Name: Lake Range " McLane, Alvin R. 'Silent Cordilleras, The Mountain Ranges of Nevada' Reno: Camp Nevada Monograph Number 4, 1978, 118 pp. Descriptions of the mountain ranges of Nevada, including alternate names and history. p46"
- Alternate Name: Pyramid Lake Range " McLane, Alvin R. 'Silent Cordilleras, The Mountain Ranges of Nevada' Reno: Camp Nevada Monograph Number 4, 1978, 118 pp. Descriptions of the mountain ranges of Nevada, including alternate names and history. p46"
- Wikipedia
Geology
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