Appalachian gold belt

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gold-bearing geologic province mineral belt

The Appalachian gold belt is a geologic region along the Appalachian Mountains known for its historic and commercially significant gold deposits, particularly in the southeastern United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gold-bearing geologic province ⓘ
mineral belt ⓘ
age Paleozoic orogenic events ⓘ
associatedCommodity arsenopyrite ⓘ
pyrite ⓘ
quartz ⓘ
sulfide minerals ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
economicImportance regional source of gold production ⓘ
extendsThrough Alabama ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
New England ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

New York ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
formedBy tectonic compression and metamorphism ⓘ
geologicSetting Blue Ridge province ⓘ
Piedmont region ⓘ
surface form: Piedmont province
historicalSignificance site of early United States gold rushes ⓘ
hostRockType gneiss ⓘ
greenstone ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
schist ⓘ
includesDistrict Carolina Slate Belt ⓘ
surface form: Carolina Slate Belt gold districts

Dahlonega gold mining district ⓘ
surface form: Dahlonega gold district

Georgia gold belt ⓘ
North Carolina gold mines ⓘ
surface form: North Carolina gold belt
knownFor commercially significant gold deposits ⓘ
historic gold mining ⓘ
locatedIn Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
Eastern United States ⓘ
surface form: eastern United States

Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: southeastern United States
mineralizationStyle disseminated sulfide-hosted gold ⓘ
quartz vein-hosted gold ⓘ
miningActivity hard-rock mining ⓘ
placer mining ⓘ
oreDepositType lode gold deposit ⓘ
orogenic gold deposit ⓘ
placer gold deposit ⓘ
partOf Appalachian–Ouachita–Marathon orogenic system ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian orogen
primaryCommodity gold ⓘ
researchInterest economic geology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
trendDirection northeast-southwest ⓘ

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North Carolina gold mines → partOf → Appalachian gold belt ⓘ