Gold Country

GEOGRAPHY

The Gold Country is generally considered to lie along the route of California State Highway 49 , stretching from Mariposa County in the south, to Sierra County in the north.

It includes parts of eleven California counties: Amador , Butte , Calaveras , El Dorado , Mariposa , Nevada , Placer , Sacramento , Sierra , Tuolumne , and Yuba .

GEOLOGY

The Gold Country lies on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada , reaching down to the Sacramento Valley .

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PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS

DEMOGRAPHICS

CULTURE AND POLITICS

ECONOMY

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	CATEGORIES ABOUT GOLD COUNTRY

	california gold rush

	regions of california

	gold mining

	mining in the united states

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