Emplacement origins of coarsely-crystalline mafic rocks hosted in greenstone belts: Examples from the 2.7 Ga Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

•Summary of internal lithological variations of coarse-crystalline mafic bodies from Archean greenstone belts in the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane (Australia)•Comparison of the world famous Golden Mile Dolerite (1700 t Au) to a number of other mineralised and unmineralised bodies.•Comparison of coarse-crystalline mafic bodies to ponded lavas from the literature.•Present an emplacement model for differentiated mafic sills.