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  2. List of gold mines in Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Gold mines by Georgia's County are listed in "Geology of the Greater Atlanta Region," Bulletin 96, Georgia Geological Survey, Atlanta, 1984, Keith I. McConnell and Charlotte E. Abrams. Approximately 135 mines are listed. Gold mines by Georgia's County are also listed in "A Preliminary Report on a Part of the Gold Deposits of Georgia,"1896

  3. List of gold mines in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This list of gold mines in the United States is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.

  4. Georgia Gold Belt - Wikipedia

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    The gold in the Georgia Gold Belt was close to 24 karat (100%) purity. Most of the gold was found in eroded rock and mixed in with quartz. Besides placer deposits of gold, and gold bearing quartz in weathered rock, gold also occurs in quartz veins. The most profitable veins, in the Dahlonega District, occur in the contact zone between mica ...

  5. Sixes mine - Wikipedia

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    The Sixes Mine was originally worked by the Cherokee and was located near the Cherokee town called Sixes. It may have been in operation as early as 1819 and would therefore predate the Georgia Gold Rush. [citation needed] The discovery of six gold mines was the reason why the Cherokee Nation was forced off their land.

  6. Proposed mine outside Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp nears ... - AOL

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    A company's plan to mine minerals near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected wildlife refuge neared final approval Friday as Georgia regulators released draft permits for ...

  7. Mining in Georgia (country) - Wikipedia

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    Metal mining in Georgia started with copper in the 6th-5th millennia B.C. [1] Gold mining has also been conducted in Georgia since ancient times. [2] One interpretation of the legend of the Golden Fleece supposedly held in ancient Georgia relates it to the local method of placer mining with sheep fleece to find gold.

  8. List of gold mines - Wikipedia

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    The following are lists of gold mines and are subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and planned mines that have substantial gold output, ...

  9. Calhoun Mine - Wikipedia

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    Calhoun started a mining company to mine the land and later allowed his son-in-law Thomas Green Clemson, the founder of Clemson University, to manage it. The ore deposit was a very rich deposit and, according to an 1856 letter from Clemson to his brother-in-law, was still producing significant quantities of gold nearly 30 years after its ...

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