Cottonwood Mining District

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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
  • Wild Horse Canyon Mine

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.

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