File:Gold-quartz hydrothermal vein (Neoarchean; Bissett Mine, southeastern Manitoba, southern Canada) 2 (15253427322).jpg

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Gold-quartz hydrothermal vein (field of view ~3 to 4 mm across) from the Archean of Manitoba, Canada.

Gray = quartz (SiO2) Yellow gold area = native gold (Au)

Geologic unit & age: hydrothermal vein intruding greenstones (metagabbros) of the San Antonio Sill (San Antonio Mine unit), Rice Lake Group, Rice Lake-Beresford Lake Greenstone Belt (Uchi Greenstone Belt), western Superior Province, Canadian Shield; host rocks (greenstones) are lower Neoarchean, 2.729 Ga.

Locality: Bissett Mine, Rice Lake Gold District, southeastern Manitoba, southern Canada.
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Author James St. John

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