Mother Lode gold belt

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gold-bearing geological belt mining region

The Mother Lode gold belt is a historically rich gold-bearing region in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California that was central to the California Gold Rush and the development of numerous mining towns.

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Mother Lode gold belt canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gold-bearing geological belt ⓘ
mining region ⓘ
associatedMinerals arsenopyrite ⓘ
chalcopyrite ⓘ
galena ⓘ
pyrite ⓘ
contains Angels Camp ⓘ
surface form: Angels Camp, California

Grass Valley, California ⓘ
Jackson, California ⓘ
Mariposa, California ⓘ
Nevada City, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: Nevada City, California

Placerville ⓘ
surface form: Placerville, California

Sonora, California ⓘ
Sutter Creek ⓘ
surface form: Sutter Creek, California
contributedTo development of numerous mining towns ⓘ
rapid population growth in California ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Amador County, California ⓘ
surface form: Amador County

Calaveras County ⓘ
El Dorado County ⓘ
Mariposa County ⓘ
Tuolumne County ⓘ
currentActivity limited modern gold mining ⓘ
tourism related to mining history ⓘ
discoveryPeriod late 1840s ⓘ
economicImportance major historical gold producer in the United States ⓘ
extendsFrom City of Oroville, California ⓘ
surface form: Oroville, California
extendsTo Mariposa, California ⓘ
geologicalSetting Sierra Nevada batholith ⓘ
surface form: Sierra Nevada metamorphic belt
historicalEvent California Gold Rush ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfPeakActivity mid-19th century ⓘ
historicalSignificance central to the California Gold Rush ⓘ
hostRock greenstone ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
schist ⓘ
slate ⓘ
length approximately 120 miles ⓘ
approximately 190 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
mineralizationStyle mesothermal quartz veins ⓘ
namedAfter term "mother lode" meaning principal vein or zone of veins of gold or silver ore ⓘ
oreType lode gold deposits ⓘ
quartz vein gold deposits ⓘ
partOf Sierra Nevada ⓘ
primaryCommodity gold ⓘ
state California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
trend north-northwest ⓘ

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Jackson → hasNearbyEconomicHistory → Mother Lode gold belt ⓘ
subject surface form: Jackson, California