Silver Canyon (Lincoln County, Nevada)

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Silver Canyon is a valley in the U.S. state of Nevada. [1]

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Silver Canyon was named from deposits of silver ore in the area. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Silver Canyon (Lincoln County, Nevada)
  2. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 47.

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