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1. : the principal vein or lode of a region. 2. : a principal source or supply. Synonyms. argosy. cornucopia. gold mine. mine. treasure trove. wellspring. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of mother lode in a Sentence.
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, bounded on the east by the Melones Fault Zone.
a place that has very large supplies of a mineral or other natural resource: The Pacific Northwest has been the motherlode of the nation's aluminum output for 60 years. Cairn Energy recently struck the motherlode of oil fields in India.
noun. Mining. a rich or important lode. a major or profitable source or supply: New York City is a mother lode of actors. mother lode. noun. mining the principal lode in a system. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of mother lode 1. First recorded in 1855–60. Discover More. Example Sentences.
Mother Lode Country, gold rush belt, stretching through the Sierra Nevada foothills in central California, U.S. About 150 miles (240 km) long but only a few miles wide, it extended north and northwest from the vicinity of Mariposa through Tuolumne, Calaveras, Amador, El Dorado, Placer, and Nevada.
mother lode. noun. /ˈmʌðə ləʊd/. /ˈmʌðər ləʊd/. [usually singular] a very rich source of gold, silver, etc. in a mine. (especially North American English, figurative) Her own experiences have provided her with a mother lode of material for her songs.
MOTHER LODE meaning: the place where the largest amount of gold, silver, etc., in a particular area can be found usually singular often used figuratively.
