Carolina Gold Belt
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The Carolina Gold Belt is a historic gold-mining region in North Carolina known for its rich deposits and numerous 19th-century mines.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gold-mining region
ⓘ
historic mining district ⓘ |
| contains |
Cabarrus County gold mines
ⓘ
Davidson County gold mines ⓘ Gold Hill mining district NERFINISHED ⓘ Haile Gold Mine region (adjacent in South Carolina) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mecklenburg County gold mines ⓘ Montgomery County gold mines NERFINISHED ⓘ Randolph County gold mines ⓘ Reed Gold Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ Rowan County gold mines ⓘ Stanly County gold mines ⓘ Union County gold mines ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentStatus |
largely inactive for large-scale mining
ⓘ
site of small-scale prospecting and exploration ⓘ |
| declineInProduction | after California Gold Rush ⓘ |
| discoveryOfGold | late 18th century ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
first major gold-producing area in the United States
ⓘ
significant regional mining employment in the 1800s ⓘ |
| extendsFrom | Virginia border ⓘ |
| extendsTo | South Carolina border ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | Piedmont metamorphic terrane ⓘ |
| hasResource |
gold
ⓘ
sulfide minerals associated with gold ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfActivity |
early 19th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ mid 19th century ⓘ |
| hostRocks |
metasedimentary rocks
ⓘ
metavolcanic rocks ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of early mints in the United States
ⓘ
establishment of the Charlotte Mint ⓘ |
| knownFor |
19th-century gold mines
ⓘ
early American gold rush activity ⓘ gold deposits ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North Carolina
ⓘ
Piedmont region of North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern flank of the Appalachian Mountains ⓘ |
| miningMethodsUsed |
placer mining (early period)
ⓘ
underground hard-rock mining ⓘ |
| oreType |
lode gold deposits
ⓘ
vein-hosted gold deposits ⓘ |
| partOf |
Appalachian gold province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carolina terrane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakProductionPeriod |
1820s
ⓘ
1830s ⓘ 1840s ⓘ |
| researchSubjectOf |
economic geology studies
ⓘ
structural geology studies ⓘ |
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