Hope Bay greenstone belt
Hope Bay Gold Mine, main camp area
Hope Bay Gold Mine, tailing pond
The Hope Bay greenstone belt, also called the Hope Bay volcanic belt, is a 42 km (26 mi) long Archean greenstone belt in western Nunavut, Canada. It consists of mostly mafic volcanic rocks and contains three major gold deposits called Boston, Doris and Naartok.
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- List of volcanoes in Canada
- Volcanism of Canada
- Volcanism of Northern Canada
- List of greenstone belts
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