Thread by @MiningNS

Gold has many uses, including in all electronics and in medicine (i.e. treating cancer, pacemakers, surgical equipment...).
But how did #NovaScotia's #gold deposits form?
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All #gold on Earth formed billions of years ago in stars that over-heated and blew up. Gold formed in the heat of the explosions and then floated around space. As rock, dust and other materials came together to form Earth, gold was distributed around the planet.
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400 million years ago North Africa and North America started colliding. Sub-sea sediments were squished between the tectonic plates, upthrusted and folded as they turned into rock.
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This allowed fluid to leach gold from rock deep underground and flow into cracks in rock closer to surface, forming veins of quartz and #gold as the fluid eventually cooled and hardened. This is how most Nova Scotia gold deposits formed.
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Gold is everywhere but to mine it, we need a geological anomaly like a tectonic plate collision to form a deposit - to concentrate the #gold so a mine is economically viable.
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#NovaScotia's #MooseRiver gold mine employs 300 #NovaScotians and is one of the most-efficient, lowest-cost gold mines in the world. #NS has other #gold mines in the permitting process and the potential to create many more jobs while providing this key material.
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