This is a list of economic booms created by commodities.
Boom | Commodity | Type | Location | Dates | First Chilean wheat cycle | wheat | agricultural | Chile | 1687–1810 |
Brazilian Gold Rush | gold | metal | Brazil | 1700|18th century}} |
Carolina Gold Rush | gold | metal | US, North Carolina|North Carolina, US}} | 1800|early 19th century}} |
Georgia Gold Rush | gold | metal | US, Georgia|Georgia, US}} | 1828 – early 1840s |
Chilean silver rush | silver | metal | Chile | 1830–1850 |
Guano Era | guano | soft commodity | Peru | 1845 – c. 1870 |
California Gold Rush | gold | metal | US, California|California, US}} | 1848–1855 |
Second Chilean wheat cycle | wheat | agricultural | Chile | 1850|mid-19th century – 1870s}} |
British Columbia gold rushes | gold | metal | Canada, British Columbia|British Columbia, Canada}} | 1850–1941 |
Australian gold rushes | gold | metal | Australia | 1851–1906 |
Pennsylvania oil rush | petroleum | fossil fuel | US, Pennsylvania|northwestern Pennsylvania, US}} | 1859 – early 1870s |
Otago Gold Rush | gold | metal | New Zealand|Central Otago, New Zealand}} | 1860s |
Colorado River mining boom | gold | metal | US, southwestern|Southwestern US}} | 1861–64 |
West Coast Gold Rush | gold | metal | New Zealand|West Coast, New Zealand}} | 1864–1867 |
Lapland gold rush | gold | metal | Finland|Lapland, Finland}} | 1870s |
Azerbaijan oil boom | petroleum | fossil fuel | Azerbaijan | 1870s |
Pilgrim's Rest gold rush | gold | metal | South Africa|Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumalanga, South Africa}} | 1873 |
Black Hills Gold Rush | gold | metal | US, Dakota|Dakota Territory, US}} | 1874 – c. 1880 |
Patagonian sheep farming boom | wool, mutton | agricultural | Patagonia | 1875|late 19th to early 20th century}} |
Coromandel Gold Rushes | gold | metal | New Zealand|Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand}} | 1870s – 1880s |
Cripple Creek Gold Rush | gold | metal | US, Colorado|Cripple Creek, Colorado, US}} | 1875|late 19th to early 20th century}} |
Bodie gold rush | gold | metal | US, California|Bodie, California, US}} | 1877–1880 |
First Amazon rubber boom | rubber | agricultural | Amazon basin | 1879–1912 |
Indiana gas boom | natural gas | fossil fuel | US, Indiana|Indiana, US}} | 1880|early 1880s – early 20th century}} |
Ohio oil rush | petroleum | fossil fuel | US, Ohio|Northwest Ohio, US}} | 1880s – 1930s |
Tierra del Fuego gold rush | gold | metal | Tierra del Fuego | 1883–1906 |
Witwatersrand Gold Rush | gold | metal | South Africa | 1886 |
Klondike Gold Rush | gold | metal | Canada, Yukon|Klondike, Yukon, Canada}} | 1896–1899 |
Mount Baker Gold Rush | gold | metal | US, Washington|Whatcom County, Washington, US}} | 1897 – mid-1920s |
Nome Gold Rush | gold | metal | US, Alaska|Nome, Alaska, US}} | 1899–1909 |
Fairbanks Gold Rush | gold | metal | US, Alaska|Fairbanks, Alaska, US}} | 1900|early 1900s}} |
Texas oil boom | petroleum | fossil fuel | US, Texas|Texas, US}} | 1901 – 1940s |
Cobalt silver rush | silver | metal | Canada, Ontario|Cobalt, Ontario, Canada}} | 1903 – c. 1930 |
Stoy, Illinois oil boom | petroleum | fossil fuel | US, Illinois|Stoy, Illinois, US}} | 1906–1910 |
Porcupine Gold Rush | gold | metal | Canada, Ontario|Northern Ontario, Canada}} | 1909 – 1950s |
Kakamega gold rush | gold | metal | Kenya|Kakamega, Kenya}} | 1930|early 1930s}} |
Vatukoula gold rush | gold | metal | Fiji|Vatukoula, Fiji}} | 1932 |
Second Amazon rubber boom | rubber | agricultural | Amazon basin | 1942–1945 |
Calgary oil boom | petroleum | fossil fuel | Canada|Calgary, Alberta, Canada}} | 1947 – early 1980s |
New Zealand wool boom | wool | acricultural | New Zealand | 1951 – late 1950s |
Mexican oil boom | petroleum | fossil fuel | Mexico | 1977–1981 |
2000s commodities boom | multiple | multiple | worldwide | 2000s |
Uranium bubble of 2007 | uranium | metal | worldwide | 2005–2007 |
North Dakota oil boom | petroleum, shale gas | fossil fuel | US, North Dakota|North Dakota, US}} | 2015|lc=y}}) |
Rhodium bubble[2] | rhodium | metal | worldwide (primarily South Africa, Russia) | 2008 |
1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.uranium.info/index.cfm?go=c.page&id=29 |title=NUEXCO Exchange Value (Monthly Uranium Spot) |accessdate=9 July 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722005523/http://www.uranium.info/index.cfm?go=c.page&id=29 |archivedate=22 July 2011 |df= }}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.kitco.com/charts/historicalrhodium.html|title=Historical Rhodium Charts|publisher=Kitco|accessdate=19 February 2010}}
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