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

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

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.

37°37′02″N 115°21′31″W / 37.61722°N 115.35861°W / 37.61722; -115.35861


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