Loading ...Bacteria may have played big role in the formation of massive silver, gold deposits
Bacteria may have played a major role in the formation of some of the world’s largest silver or gold deposits, according to new research.
The inference was drawn by scientists at Penn State University and the University of Saskatchewan after they found silver in coprolites, or fossilized feces, collected from the Ravens Throat River Lagerstätte in the Mackenzie Mountains located in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
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In a paper published in the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, the team explained that a lagerstätte is a deposit of exceptionally preserved fossils that sometimes includes fossilized soft tissues, or in this case fossilized worm dung.
Bacteria may have played big role in the formation of massive silver, gold deposits