Yellowknife greenstone belt

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The Yellowknife greenstone belt, also called the Yellowknife Volcanic Belt, is an Archean greenstone belt in the southern Slave craton, Northwest Territories, Canada. It is mostly made of mafic volcanic rocks (basalt and andesite) and is bordered to the east by batholithic intrusions of the and beyond to the north by the . Intrusive equivalents (gabbro and diorite) are collectively known as the Kam Group. Most of the Yellowknife townsite and the Con and Giant gold mines are within the Kam Group. The Yellowknife greenstone belt stands out as a positive topographic feature.

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• List of volcanoes in Canada
• Volcanism of Canada
• Volcanism of Northern Canada
• Geography of the Northwest Territories
• List of greenstone belts

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