Georgia Gold Belt

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gold-bearing geological region mineral belt

The Georgia Gold Belt is a mineral-rich region in northern Georgia known historically as the primary source of gold that fueled the Georgia Gold Rush in the early 19th century.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Georgia Gold Belt canonical 11
Georgia gold-mining region 1

Statements (84)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gold-bearing geological region ⓘ
mineral belt ⓘ
associatedWith U.S. antebellum gold mining industry ⓘ
containsCity Acworth ⓘ
Auraria ⓘ
Blairsville ⓘ
Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Blue Ridge

Canton ⓘ
Carrollton ⓘ
Cartersville ⓘ
Cedartown ⓘ
Chatsworth ⓘ
Clayton ⓘ
Cleveland ⓘ
Cumming ⓘ
Dahlonega ⓘ
Dallas ⓘ
Dalton ⓘ
Dawsonville ⓘ
Ellijay ⓘ
Gainesville ⓘ
Hiawassee ⓘ
Homer ⓘ
Jefferson ⓘ
Kennesaw, Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Kennesaw

LaFayette ⓘ
Marietta, Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Marietta

Ringgold ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Summerville ⓘ
Toccoa, Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Toccoa

Villa Rica ⓘ
containsCounty Banks County ⓘ
Bartow County ⓘ
Carroll County ⓘ
Catoosa County ⓘ
Chattooga County ⓘ
Cherokee County ⓘ
Cobb County, Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Cobb County

Dawson County ⓘ
Douglas County ⓘ
Fannin County ⓘ
Floyd County ⓘ
Forsyth County, Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Forsyth County

Gilmer County ⓘ
Gordon County ⓘ
Habersham County ⓘ
Hall County ⓘ
Haralson County ⓘ
Jackson County ⓘ
Lumpkin County ⓘ
Murray County ⓘ
Paulding County ⓘ
Pickens County ⓘ
Polk County ⓘ
Rabun County ⓘ
Stephens County ⓘ
Towns County ⓘ
Union County ⓘ
Walker County ⓘ
White County ⓘ
Whitfield County ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentUse limited commercial gold exploration ⓘ
small-scale recreational gold panning ⓘ
DahlonegaMintOperationEnd 1861 ⓘ
DahlonegaMintOperationStart 1838 ⓘ
eraOfMajorMiningActivity 19th century ⓘ
extendsFrom Alabama ⓘ
extendsTo South Carolina ⓘ
geologicalSetting Piedmont region ⓘ
surface form: Piedmont province
goldRushStart 1828 ⓘ
hasTourismActivity gold mining heritage tourism ⓘ
historicalSignificance primary source of gold for the Georgia Gold Rush ⓘ
influenced establishment of Dahlonega Mint ⓘ
knownFor Georgia Gold Rush ⓘ
gold deposits ⓘ
locatedIn Georgia ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern Georgia ⓘ
mineralizationType placer gold deposits ⓘ
vein gold deposits ⓘ
mineralResource gold ⓘ
partOf Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
relatedEvent Georgia Gold Rush ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Georgia Gold Rush → significantRegion → Georgia Gold Belt ⓘ
Paulding County → historicalRegion → Georgia Gold Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgia gold-mining region
Cedartown → partOf → Georgia Gold Belt ⓘ
Cedartown → geologicalContext → Georgia Gold Belt ⓘ
Polk County → locatedIn → Georgia Gold Belt ⓘ
subject surface form: Polk County, Georgia
Polk County → historicalRegion → Georgia Gold Belt ⓘ
subject surface form: Polk County, Georgia
Dallas → locatedIn → Georgia Gold Belt ⓘ
subject surface form: Dallas, Georgia
Dallas → geologicalRegion → Georgia Gold Belt ⓘ
subject surface form: Dallas, Georgia
Gordon County → locatedIn → Georgia Gold Belt ⓘ
Gordon County → historicalRegion → Georgia Gold Belt ⓘ
Banks County → locatedIn → Georgia Gold Belt ⓘ
Haralson County → locatedInRegion → Georgia Gold Belt ⓘ