Mother Lode region

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gold-bearing region historic region mining district

The Mother Lode region is a historic gold-bearing area in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California, famed as the heart of the 19th-century gold-mining boom.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mother Lode region canonical 10
Mother Lode gold-quartz vein system 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gold-bearing region ⓘ
historic region ⓘ
mining district ⓘ
containsSettlement Angels Camp ⓘ
Grass Valley ⓘ
Jackson ⓘ
Nevada City ⓘ
Placerville ⓘ
Sonora ⓘ
Sutter Creek ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance symbol of the California Gold Rush ⓘ
economicImportance stimulated development of California ⓘ
extendsFrom Mariposa County ⓘ
extendsTo Placer County ⓘ
geologicalFeature Mother Lode region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mother Lode gold-quartz vein system
geologicalSetting metamorphic belt ⓘ
hasIndustry mining ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
heritageDesignation historic mining region ⓘ
historicalPeriod California Gold Rush ⓘ
knownFor California Gold Rush history ⓘ
gold deposits ⓘ
hard-rock gold mining ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Central California ⓘ
Northern California ⓘ
Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Amador County, California ⓘ
surface form: Amador County

Calaveras County ⓘ
El Dorado County ⓘ
Nevada County, California ⓘ
surface form: Nevada County

Tuolumne County ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
miningMethod hard-rock mining ⓘ
lode mining ⓘ
underground mining ⓘ
nameEtymology named for a principal gold-bearing vein or lode ⓘ
partOf Sierra Nevada ⓘ
peakActivity 1850s ⓘ
resourceExtracted gold ⓘ
significantEvent 19th-century gold-mining boom ⓘ
startTime 1848 ⓘ
tourismAttraction Gold Rush-era towns ⓘ
historic gold mines ⓘ
tourismType heritage tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

California Gold Rush → significantPlace → Mother Lode region ⓘ
Mother Lode region → geologicalFeature → Mother Lode region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mother Lode gold-quartz vein system
Jackson → partOf → Mother Lode region ⓘ
subject surface form: Jackson, California
Calaveras County → partOfRegion → Mother Lode region ⓘ
Sonora, California → region → Mother Lode region ⓘ
Chinese Camp, California → locatedInMetropolitanArea → Mother Lode region ⓘ
Hangtown → associatedWith → Mother Lode region ⓘ
North Star Mine → geologicSetting → Mother Lode region ⓘ
Jackson, California → partOf → Mother Lode region ⓘ
Kennedy Mine → region → Mother Lode region ⓘ
Argonaut Mine → locatedIn → Mother Lode region ⓘ