Gold Mines
Byzantium
Probably decreased gold production based on lack of late sources, but Byzantium was always rich in gold through trade due to the balance of payments [Spufford 1988].
Polygyros (Siderokausia) · Early Medieval · 100% · Byzantium · Orthodox
Malinese mines
Ash’ari: main faith exploiting trans-Saharan trade. Mines distributed by period to account for all.
Niani – also Bure Goldfield
Niani (Malinese) · Tribal · 100% · Africa · Ash’ari.
Yaresnā (Bambuk Goldfield). Traditionally, the most important of the three Mali goldfields
Yaresna (Malinese) · Early Medieval · 300% · Africa · Ash’ari.
Siguiri (Bure Goldfield)
Siguiri (Malinese) · High Medieval · 200% · Africa · Ash’ari.
Lobi (Lobi Goldfield) (new) – probably already in use and exporting in LMA
Lobi (Lobi) · Late Medieval · 200% · Africa · Ash’ari.
Egypt
Wadi al-ʿAllaqi (new) – center of a gold mining region with multiple fields in the Egyptian Eastern Desert. Peaked around 10th-11th c., they worked until 1350 [Morony 2019]
Allaqi (al-ʿAllaqi) · Early Medieval · 50% · Africa · Ash’ari.
Europe
Turiec/Turóc (Trenčín) – Kremnica (14th c.) Main source of gold for Europe in the MA. 400% because it needs to quickly support Florin & copies, Ducat, Augustale, Écu,…
Turoc (Kremnica) · Late Medieval · 400% · Central-East Europe · Catholic.