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Mother Lode Belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA

Harvard Mine, Jamestown, Jamestown District, Mother Lode belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA

Latitude: 37°58'37"N
Longitude: 120°28'0"W

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The Mother Lode gold belt carries the most productive and best-known mining districts in California's gold country. Although the entire foothill region of the Sierra Nevada is sometimes loosely termed the "Mother Lode Country," technically the Mother Lode is a 120-mile-Iong system of linked or en echelon gold-quartz veins and mineralized schist and greenstone that extends from the town of Mariposa, north and

Map of California gold belts

northwest to northern El Dorado County.

The most productive portion of the Mother Lode has been the 1 mile segment between Plymouth and Jackson in Amador County. Other major sources of gold in the Mother Lode have been the Angels Camp, Bagby, Carson Hill, Coulterville, Georgetown, Greenwood, Jacksonville, Jamestown, Kelsey, Mount Bullion, Nashville, and Placerville districts.

The Mother Lode gold belt carries the most productive and best-known mining districts in California's gold country. Although the entire foothill region of the Sierra Nevada is sometimes loosely termed the "Mother Lode Country," technically the Mother Lode is a 120-mile-Iong system of linked or en echelon gold-quartz veins and mineralized schist and greenstone that extends from the town of Mariposa, north and northwest to northern E1 Dorado County.

The most productive portion of the Mother Lode has been the 1 mile segment between Plymouth and Jackson in Amador County. Other major sources of gold in the Mother Lode have been the Angels Camp, Bagby, Carson Hill, Coulterville, Georgetown, Greenwood, Jacksonville, Jamestown, Kelsey, Mount Bullion, Nashville, and Placerville districts.

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58 entries listed. 51 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

USA

California
- Tuolumne Co.
  - Mother Lode Belt

USA

California
- Tuolumne Co.
  - Mother Lode belt

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References

Ref.: Savage, K.S., Tingle, T.N., O'Day, P.A., Waychunas, G.A., and Bird, D.K. (2000) Arsenic speciation in pyrite and secondary weathering phases, Mother Lode gold district, Tuolumne County, CAlifornia. Appl. Geochem.: 15: 1219-1244.

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