List of commodity booms

[[Image:SanFranciscoharbor1851c sharp.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Merchant ships fill San Francisco harbor, 1850–51.]] [[File:WainsHotelDunedin.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1|The stately Victorian architecture of Dunedin, New Zealand, is a result of the capital brought into the city by the Otago gold rush of the 1860s.]] thumb|right|upright=1|Uranium bubble of 2007<ref name="uraniumingo">{{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 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722005523/http://www.uranium.info/index.cfm?go=c.page&id=29 |archivedate=22 July 2011 }}</ref>

This is a list of economic booms created by physical commodities.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" ! Boom !! Commodity !! Type !! Location !! Dates |- | First Chilean wheat cycle || wheat || agricultural || Chile || 1687–1810 |- | Brazilian Gold Rush || gold || metal || Brazil || {{sort|1700|18th century}} |- | Carolina gold rush || gold || metal || {{sort|US, North Carolina|North Carolina, US}} || {{sort|1800|early 19th century}} |- | Georgia Gold Rush || gold || metal || {{sort|US, Georgia|Georgia, US}} || 1828 – early 1840s |- | Chilean silver rush || silver || metal || Chile || 1832 – c. 1855 |- | Chilean copper boom || copper || metal || Chile || 1850 – c. 1875 |- | Guano Era || guano || hard commodity || Peru || 1845 – c. 1870 |- | California gold rush || gold || metal || {{sort|US, California|California, US}} || 1848–1855 |- | Second Chilean wheat cycle || wheat || agricultural || Chile || {{sort|1850| 1849 – 1870s}} |- | British Columbia gold rushes || gold || metal || {{sort|Canada, British Columbia|British Columbia, Canada}} || 1850–1941 |- | Australian gold rushes || gold || metal || Australia || 1851–1906 |- | Pennsylvania oil rush || petroleum || fossil fuel || {{sort|US, Pennsylvania|northwestern Pennsylvania, US}} || 1859 – early 1870s |- | Otago gold rush || gold || metal || {{sort|New Zealand|Central Otago, New Zealand}} || 1860s |- | Colorado River mining boom || gold || metal || {{sort|US, southwestern|Southwestern US}} || 1861–64 |- | West Coast gold rush || gold || metal || {{sort|New Zealand|West Coast, New Zealand}} || 1864–1867 |- | Lapland gold rush || gold || metal || {{sort|Finland|Lapland, Finland}} || 1870s |- | Azerbaijan oil boom || petroleum || fossil fuel || Azerbaijan || 1870s

|- | Black Hills gold rush || gold || metal || {{sort|US, Dakota|Dakota Territory, US}} || 1874 – c. 1880 |- | Patagonian sheep farming boom || wool, mutton || agricultural || Patagonia || 1878 – 1920 |- | Coromandel Gold Rushes || gold || metal || {{sort|New Zealand|Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand}} || 1870s – 1880s |- | Cripple Creek Gold Rush || gold || metal || {{sort|US, Colorado|Cripple Creek, Colorado, US}} || {{sort|1875|late 19th to early 20th century}} |- | Bodie gold rush || gold || metal || {{sort|US, California|Bodie, California, US}} || 1877–1880 |- | First Amazon rubber boom || rubber || agricultural || Amazon basin || 1879–1912 |- | Colorado Silver Boom || silver || metal || Colorado, US || 1879–1893 |- | Canadian wheat boom || wheat || agricultural || Canada, especially Prairie Provinces || {{sort|1880|c. 1880 – 1910, and 1914 – 1921}}<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/136188|jstor = 136188|title = The Origins of the Canadian Wheat Boom, 1880-1910|last1 = Ward|first1 = Tony|journal = The Canadian Journal of Economics|year = 1994|volume = 27|issue = 4|pages = 865–883|doi = 10.2307/136188|url-access = subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/134090|jstor = 134090|title = The Relevance of the Wheat Boom in Canadian Economic Growth|last1 = Bertram|first1 = Gordon W.|journal = The Canadian Journal of Economics|year = 1973|volume = 6|issue = 4|pages = 545–566|doi = 10.2307/134090|url-access = subscription}}</ref> |- | Indiana gas boom || natural gas || fossil fuel || {{sort|US, Indiana|Indiana, US}} || {{sort|1880|early 1880s – early 20th century}} |- | Ohio oil rush || petroleum || fossil fuel || {{sort|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 || {{sort|Canada, Yukon|Klondike, Yukon, Canada}} || 1896–1899 |- | Mount Baker gold rush || gold || metal || {{sort|US, Washington|Whatcom County, Washington, US}} || 1897 – mid-1920s |- | Nome Gold Rush || gold || metal || {{sort|US, Alaska|Nome, Alaska, US}} || 1899–1909 |- | Fairbanks Gold Rush || gold || metal || {{sort|US, Alaska|Fairbanks, Alaska, US}} || {{sort|1900|early 1900s}} |- | Texas oil boom || petroleum || fossil fuel || {{sort|US, Texas|Texas, US}} || 1901 – 1940s |- | Cobalt silver rush || silver || metal || {{sort|Canada, Ontario|Cobalt, Ontario, Canada}} || 1903 – c. 1930 |- | Stoy, Illinois oil boom || petroleum || fossil fuel || {{sort|US, Illinois|Stoy, Illinois, US}} || 1906–1910 |- | Porcupine Gold Rush || gold || metal || {{sort|Canada, Ontario|Northern Ontario, Canada}} || 1909 – 1950s |- | Kakamega gold rush || gold || metal || {{sort|Kenya|Kakamega, Kenya}} || {{sort|1930|early 1930s}} |- | Vatukoula gold rush || gold || metal || {{sort|Fiji|Vatukoula, Fiji}} || 1932 |- | Second Amazon rubber boom || rubber || agricultural || Amazon basin || 1942–1945 |- | Alberta conventional oil boom || petroleum || fossil fuel || {{sort|Canada|Alberta, Canada}} || 1947 – 1980 |- | New Zealand wool boom || wool || agricultural || New Zealand || 1951 – late 1950s |- | {{ill|Bonanza marimbera|es|Bonanza marimbera}} || cannabis || agricultural || Colombia || 1974–1985 |- | Mexican oil boom || petroleum || fossil fuel || Mexico || 1977–1981 |- | 1970s commodities boom || multiple || multiple || worldwide || 1970s |- | Cocaine era || cocaine || agricultural || Colombia || 1985–1994<ref>{{Cite journal |title=La riqueza del narcotráfico y la desigualdad en Colombia, 1976-2012 |journal=Revista Criminalidad |last=Rocha García |first=Ricardo |url=http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1794-31082014000200007 |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=273-290 |trans-title=Drug trafficking wealth, and inequality of income in Colombia, 1976-2012 |language=es}}</ref> |- | Merluza boom<ref name=Gonz>{{cite conference |url=https://www.aacademica.org/vi.congreso.chileno.de.antropologia/160.pdf |title=Prácticas Económicas en las Costas Insulares de Aisén. Testimonios de Persistencia y Transformación |last1=Saavedra G. |first1=Gonzalo |date=2007 |publisher=Colegio de Antropólogos de Chile A. G |book-title=Actas del 6º Congreso Chileno de Antropología|issue=Tomo II |pages=1696–1703 |location=Valdivia |conference=VI Congreso Chileno de Antropología|language=es }}</ref><ref>{{Cite thesis |title=Siguiendo la merluza: Las migraciones interregionales en el Chile neoliberal, un estudio del surgimiento de ‘‘comunidades pesqueras porteñas’’ en Calbuco, Región de Los Lagos (1980-1991) |last=Scholz Cárdenas |first=Gonzalo Ignacio |access-date=2024-10-29 |publisher=Austral University of Chile |url=http://cybertesis.uach.cl/tesis/uach/2019/ffs368s/doc/ffs368s.pdf |language=Spanish|year=2019}}</ref> || fish || hard commodity || Chile || 1980s |- | Chilean salmon boom<ref>{{Cite thesis |title=Análisis del desarrollo de la salmonicultura chilena |last=Salgado Reyes |first=Rodrigo A. |publisher=Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |url=http://portal.unap.cl/~cordunap/archivos/amunoz/PROYECTOS/SALMONES/Tesis%20Salmones.pdf |language=Spanish|year=2005}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chile-salmon-crisis-idUSTRE52A56N20090311/ | title=Virus, crisis: Perfect storm hits Chile salmon industry | work=Reuters | first=Simon | last=Gardner | date=March 11, 2009}}</ref> || fish || soft commodity || Chile || 1986–2007 |- | Bolivian gas boom<ref>{{Cite news |title=Gas boom in Bolivia brings new wealth — and regrets for a lost opportunity |last=Miroff |first=Nick |date=2014-11-14 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/gas-boom-in-bolivia-brings-new-wealth--and-regrets-for-a-lost-opportunity/2014/11/14/1e229f4e-2a02-4119-9498-4a899a5ff8fb_story.html |access-date=2025-06-13 |work=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=El boom del gas generó para Bolivia $us 70 mil millones de ingresos en 20 años |date=2024-02-24 |url=https://elperiodico.com.bo/el-boom-del-gas-genero-para-bolivia-us-70-mil-millones-de-ingresos-en-20-anos/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |work=El Periódico |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Bolivia’s Economic Dream Crumbles: The Perils of Unsustainable Policies |date=2024-10-16 |url=https://www.riotimesonline.com/bolivias-economic-dream-crumbles-the-perils-of-unsustainable-policies/ |access-date=2025-06-12 |work=The Rio Times}}</ref> || natural gas || fossil fuel || Bolivia || 2001 – 2014 |- | 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 || {{sort|US, North Dakota|North Dakota, US}} || 2006 – c. 2015 |- | Rhodium bubble<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kitco.com/charts/historicalrhodium.html|title=Historical Rhodium Charts|publisher=Kitco|accessdate=19 February 2010}}</ref> || rhodium || metal || worldwide (primarily South Africa, Russia) || 2008 |- | 2020s commodities boom || multiple || multiple || worldwide || 2020s  |}

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