Grass Valley mining district

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The Grass Valley mining district is a historic gold-mining region in Nevada County, California, known for its rich quartz gold deposits and numerous deep hard-rock mines.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic place ⓘ
mining district ⓘ
adjacentTo Nevada City mining district ⓘ
administrativeRegion Nevada County, California ⓘ
centeredOn Grass Valley, California ⓘ
containsMine Banner Mine ⓘ
Central Mine ⓘ
linked to: Banner Mine

Chicago Mine ⓘ
Empire Mine ⓘ
Eureka Mine ⓘ
Gold Hill Mine ⓘ
Harvard Mine ⓘ
Idaho Mine ⓘ
linked to: Idaho-Maryland Mine

Idaho-Maryland Mine ⓘ
Kenton Mine ⓘ
Lone Jack Mine ⓘ
Maryland Mine ⓘ
Massachusetts Hill Mine ⓘ
New Brunswick Mine ⓘ
North Star Mine ⓘ
Ophir Hill Mine ⓘ
Pennsylvania Mine ⓘ
Union Hill Mine ⓘ
Wabash Mine ⓘ
Wyandotte Mine ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentUse heritage tourism ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
distinguishedFrom placer gold districts of the Sierra Nevada ⓘ
economicImportance major historic gold producer in California ⓘ
geologicalSetting metamorphic rocks of the Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
hasCity Grass Valley, California ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Empire Mine State Historic Park ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfPeakActivity 19th century ⓘ
California Gold Rush era ⓘ
knownFor deep hard-rock mines ⓘ
gold mining ⓘ
quartz gold deposits ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
Nevada County, California ⓘ
Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
mineral gold ⓘ
miningMethod deep shaft mining ⓘ
underground hard-rock mining ⓘ
oreType quartz veins ⓘ
partOf California Gold Country ⓘ
regionType lode gold district ⓘ
status largely inactive for commercial mining ⓘ

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North Star Mine → partOf → Grass Valley mining district ⓘ
Grass Valley mining district → adjacentTo → Nevada City mining district ⓘ
linked to: Grass Valley mining district