gold mine

noun
1.
a mine yielding gold.
2.
a source of great wealth or profit, or any desirable thing.
3.
a copious source or reserve of something required: a gold mine of information about antiques.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English

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gold mine
 
n
1.  a place where gold ore is mined
2.  a source of great wealth, profit, etc
 
'gold-miner
 
n
 
'gold-mining
 
n

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Idioms & Phrases

gold mine

A rich, plentiful source of wealth or some other desirable thing, as in That business proved to be a gold mine, or She's a gold mine of information about the industry. [First half of 1800s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
If hydrogen fuel cells are the power source of the future, pee is a potential
  gold mine.
Both properties are run by the same owner, who is a gold mine of information.
Cell phone companies are finding that they're sitting on a gold mine--in the
  form of the call records of their subscribers.
In the short term, this is a potential gold mine for foreign-affairs
  scholarship.
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