Gold Country (also Mother Lode Country) is a region in the central-and-north-eastern part of California, United States. Mother lode is a principal vein or zone of veins of Gold or Silver Ore. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It is famed for the mineral deposits and gold mines which attracted waves of immigrants, known as the 49ers, during the 1849 California Gold Rush. A mineral is a naturally occurring substance formed through geological processes that has a characteristic chemical composition a highly ordered atomic structure and specific "Gold mine" redirects here See Goldmine for other uses of the term The California Gold Rush (1848&ndash1855 began on January 24 1848 when Gold was discovered by James Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California
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Geography
The Gold Country is generally considered to lie along the route of State Route 49, stretching from Mariposa County in the south, to Sierra County in the north. State Route 49 is a north-south State highway in the US state of California that passes through many historic mining communities of the 1849 California Mariposa County is a County in the US state of California, located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains
It includes parts of twelve California counties: Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mariposa, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Tuolumne, Plumas and Yuba. Amador County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U Butte County is a County located in the Central Valley of the U Calaveras County is a County located in the Gold Country of the U El Dorado County is a County located in the Gold Country of the U Mariposa County is a County in the US state of California, located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains Nevada County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U Placer County (from Spanish: placer - "pleasure" is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U Sacramento County is a county in the US state of California. The County seat is the city of Sacramento, the State capital Sierra County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U Tuolumne County (tuːˈɒləmi "To All o' Me" with a silent N is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U Plumas County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U Yuba County is located in the US state of California 's Central Valley, north of Sacramento, along the Feather River.
Geology
The Gold Country lies on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, reaching down to the Sacramento Valley. The Sierra Nevada ( Spanish for "Snowy Range" is a Mountain range located in the U The Sacramento Valley is the portion of the California Central Valley that lies to the north of the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta in the U The oldest geology can be found along the easternmost portions of this region, closer to the Sierra Nevada summits, and consists of ancient sea floor and portions of islands which were added onto the western edge of North America during the late Paleozoic, about 275 million years ago. The western sections of the 'Mother Lode' are significantly younger, from the mid Mesozoic, about 150 million years ago and also consist of material that was accreted from the ocean floor to the continental edge. Massive intrusions of granite forced their way into these formations, and after ten miles of overlying material was eroded over the last seventy million years, these intrusions are visible throughout the Sierra Nevadas. Over the last fifty million years, rivers and volcanoes deposited materials which lay in thick layers that can be found atop many of the high ridges of the Sierra Nevada foothills.
Climate
For the most part, the climate in this part of California resembles that of much of Italy or Spain. Winters are cool and damp, averaging around 30 inches of rainfall and occasional snowfall, especially in the higher altitudes of the eastern reaches up the slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Winter temperatures range from the upper twenties to mid fifties. Summers are dry and hot, with long streches that reach triple digits. This region has very short periods of Autumn and Spring.
Principal cities and towns
- Angels Camp, California
- Auburn, California
- Sonora, California
- Sutter Creek, California
- Jackson, California
- Mariposa, California
- Groveland-Big Oak Flat, California
- Murphys, California
- Columbia, California
- Grass Valley, California
- Nevada City, California
- Camptonville, California
- Downieville, California
- Placerville, California
- Coloma, California
- Lotus, California
- Georgetown, California
- Shingle Springs, California
- El Dorado, California
- Folsom, California
- Cameron Park, California
- Pollock Pines, California
- Camino, California
- Rescue, California
Demographics
Culture and politics
Economy
External links
- Gold Country Visitors Association
- The Virtual California Gold Country: Highway 49 Revisited Online
- Gold Country Familes [1]
- Gold Country Forum
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