<P> In the United States , Mother Lode is most famously the name given to a long alignment of hard - rock gold deposits stretching northwest - southeast in the Sierra Nevada of California . It was discovered in the early 1850s , during the California gold rush . The California Mother Lode is a zone from 1.5 to 6 kilometres ( 0.93 to 3.73 mi ) wide and 190 kilometres ( 120 mi ) long , between Georgetown on the north and Mormon Bar on the south . </P>
<P> In the United States , Mother Lode is most famously the name given to a long alignment of hard - rock gold deposits stretching northwest - southeast in the Sierra Nevada of California . It was discovered in the early 1850s , during the California gold rush . The California Mother Lode is a zone from 1.5 to 6 kilometres ( 0.93 to 3.73 mi ) wide and 190 kilometres ( 120 mi ) long , between Georgetown on the north and Mormon Bar on the south . </P>
where is the mother lode located in california
where is the mother lode located in california
stretching northwest - southeast in the Sierra Nevada of California
stretching northwest - southeast in the Sierra Nevada of California