gold vein
Miner's buried treasure
A gold vein is a natural deposit where gold occurs in a fissure or crack in rock, typically appearing as a thin seam of ore running through surrounding stone.
Miners follow gold veins to extract the metal: They struck a rich gold vein in the hillside.
Figuratively, finding a gold vein means discovering a source of wealth or opportunity.
- oreMetal-bearing rock
- mineOre excavation site
- mine shaftVertical tunnel for extraction
- quartzCrystalline silicon dioxide
- prospectorOne seeking valuable deposits
lode · mother lode · strike · motherlode · seam · placer · mining · shaft · deposit · pay dirt · streak · glittering · precious · excavate · pickaxe · tunnel · bedrock · rich
- hidden treasurestreasure chest, buried treasure, diamond, ancient artifact, gemstone
- minemine shaft, adit, drift, crosscut, raise
- geological formationsmineral deposit, ore deposit, coal deposit, oil deposit, lode
- gold forms
- gold miningpan, panning, nuggets, sluice box, prospector