Hope Bay greenstone belt
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The Hope Bay greenstone belt, also called the Hope Bay volcanic belt, is a 42 km (26 mi) long Archean greenstone belt in western portion of Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. It consists of mostly mafic volcanic rocks and contains three major gold deposits called Boston, Doris and Naartok.
See also
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- List of volcanoes in Canada
- Volcanism of Canada
- Volcanism of Northern Canada
- List of greenstone belts
References
- Volcanic Architecture Of A Part Of The Archean Hope Bay Greenstone Belt, Nunavut, Canada[permanent dead link]
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Greenstone belts
- Abitibi
- Barberton
- Bird River
- Central Lapland
- Ecstall
- Flin Flon
- Hope Bay
- Hunt River
- Isua
- Nuvvuagittuq
- Rattlesnake Hills
- Red Lake
- Seminoe Mountains
- South Pass
- Swayze
- Temagami
- Yellowknife
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