 | Fulop, Alexandrina, Kopylova, Maya, Kurszlaukis, Stephan, Hilchie, Luke, Ellemers, Pamela, Squibb, Charlene (2018) Petrography of Snap Lake Kimberlite Dyke (Northwest Territories, Canada) and its Interaction with Country Rock Granitoids. Journal of Petrology, 59 (12) 2493-2518 doi:10.1093/petrology/egy025 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Petrography of Snap Lake kimberlite dyke (Northwest Territories, Canada) and its interaction with country...Squibb3 1 De Beers Canada-Mining, 300-1601 Airport Road NE, Calgary, T2E 6Z8, Canada, 2 University of...1Z4, Canada 3 De Beers Group of Companies, 300-5120 49th Street, Yellowknife, X1A 1P8, Canada *Corresponding...though, such interaction is rarely reported at kimberlite contacts. We present the first documented case...mineralogical zonation at the margin of a kimberlite, the Snap Lake dyke, in contact with the wallrock granitoid |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | com/locate/lithos Spatial distribution of kimberlite in the Slave craton, Canada: a geometrical approach M.P. Stubley...Stubley Geoscience, 158 Toki Road, Cochrane, AB, Canada T4C 2A2 Received 25 June 2003; accepted 27 November...within the Slave craton has revealed clusters of kimberlite intrusions, commonly with internally consistent...examination of the distance and direction between each kimberlite occurrence and all others in the database. Recurrent...histograms quantify the azimuthal density of kimberlite at various distances. For this study, the database |  | Gaudet, Matthew, Kopylova, Maya, Muntener, Colleen, Zhuk, Vlad, Nathwani, Chetan (2018) Geology of the Renard 65 kimberlite pipe, Québec, Canada. Mineralogy and Petrology, 112. 433-445 doi:10.1007/s00710-018-0633-4 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ORIGINAL PAPER Geology of the Renard 65 kimberlite pipe, Québec, Canada Matthew Gaudet 1,2 & Maya Kopylova...pipe in the Neoproterozoic Renard kimberlite cluster (Québec, Canada), is a steeply-dipping and downward-tapering...Renard 65 is a Group I kimberlite, mineralogically classified as phlogopite kimberlite and serpentine-phlogopite...serpentine-phlogopite kimberlite. Kimb65a is a massive volcaniclastic kimberlite dominated by lithic clasts, magmaclasts...matrix. Kimb65b is massive, macrocrystic, coherent kimberlite with a groundmass assemblage of phlogopite, spinel |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E3 b Division of Earth Sciences, University...the diamond productions from Panda (Ekati Mine) and Snap Lake with those from southern Africa shows significant...the central and southern Slave (Panda, DO27 and Snap Lake kimberlites) and the Kaapvaal indicates that the...only just commenced with the opening of the Ekati Mine (Fig. 1) in 1998. As a consequence, only few systematic...of Lac de Gras (pipe DO27 of the Tli Kwi Cho kimberlite complex, see Doyle et al., 1999) and Chinn et |  | | Journal (issue) | | Unlocking our Potential THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS NWTGEOSCIENCE.CA E: ntgs@gov...petroleum@gov.nt.ca T: 867-777-7480 The Northwest Territories Thanks Says NEW FRONTIERS FOR EXPLORATION...OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER In November, the Northwest Territories celebrated...C K I N G O U R P O T E N T I A L The Northwest Territories Thanks Says UNLOCKING OUR POTENTIAL 3...Braden 25 YEARS OF DIAMONDS IN CANADA’S NORTHWEST TERRITORIES A At a gala event, accented with diamond |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The timing of kimberlite magmatism in North America: implications for global kimberlite genesis and diamond...Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E3 b Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A OE8 Abstract...compilation of more than 100 kimberlite age determinations, four broad kimberlite emplacement patterns can...(Cambrian-Eocene) Type 3 kimberlite province (Alberta, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Colorado/Wyoming)....Within the Type 3 Slave craton, at least four kimberlite age domains exist: I-a southwestern Siluro-Ordovician |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 3.549 MINERALOGY OF THE SNAP LAKE KIMBERLITE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA, AND COMPOSITIONS OF PHLOGOPITE...Stores Road, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada Barbara SCOTT SMITH Department of Earth and Ocean...V7R 2M9, Canada Abstract The Cambrian Snap Lake kimberlite, in the Northwest Territories, Canada, is a...rare example of an economic, near-horizontal kimberlite dyke deposit with an average vertical thickness...monticellite kimberlite and contains volumetrically minor hypabyssal kimberlite breccias. The kimberlite is composed |  | Li, Zhuoyuan, Fedortchouk, Yana, Fulop, Alexandrina, Chinn, Ingrid L., Forbes, Njillan (2018) Positively oriented trigons on diamonds from the Snap Lake kimberlite dike, Canada: Implications for fluids and kimberlite cooling rates. American Mineralogist, 103 (10) 1634-1648 doi:10.2138/am-2018-6496 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | diamonds from the Snap Lake kimberlite dike, Canada: Implications for fluids and kimberlite cooling rates...B3H 4R2, Canada 2 De Beers Canada, 300-1601 Airport Road, Calgary, Alberta T2E 6Z8, Canada 3 De Beers...understood. The uncertainty in the composition of kimberlite melts hampers understanding the composition of...Recent estimates of H2O and CO2 solubility in kimberlite-like magmas suggest very shallow exsolution of...feature of resorption events unique to only some kimberlite magmas. Here we present the first systematic |  | Tappert, M. C., Rivard, B., Fulop, A., Rogge, D., Feng, J., Tappert, R., Stalder, R. (2015) Characterizing Kimberlite Dilution by Crustal Rocks at the Snap Lake Diamond Mine (Northwest Territories, Canada) using SWIR (1.90–2.36μm) and LWIR (8.1–11.1μm) Hyperspectral Imagery Collected from Drill Core. Economic Geology, 110 (6) 1375-1387 doi:10.2113/econgeo.110.6.1375 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Characterizing Kimberlite Dilution by Crustal Rocks at the Snap Lake Diamond Mine (Northwest Territories, Canada)...Edmonton, T6G 2E3, Canada 2 De 3 German 4 Mineralogy Beers Canada, Toronto, M3C 3G8, Canada Remote Sensing...Austria 5 TNT Mineral Science, Gibsons, V0N 1V0, Canada Abstract Short-wave infrared (SWIR, 1.90–2.36...generating kimberlite dilution maps. Smoothed and denoised images from two Snap Lake (Northwest Territories...Territories, Canada) kimberlite drill cores were processed, and SWIR and LWIR spectral endmembers were extracted |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of thin, kimberlite dykes and sills: exploration and deposit characterization of the Snap Lake dyke, Canada...6339 Stores Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z4 Received 27 June 2003; accepted 9 December...first time, used to image a thin, diamondiferous, kimberlite dyke from subcrop to depths greater than 1300...1300 m. Exploration for vertical kimberlite pipes generally utilizes potential field techniques that often...reflection as a tool for subhorizontal kimberlite dyke/sill exploration and mine planning, a feasibility study |  | Promprated, Prinya, Taylor, Lawrence A., Anand, Mahesh, Floss, Christine, Sobolev, Nikolai V., Pokhilenko, Nikolai P. (2004) Multiple-mineral inclusions in diamonds from the Snap Lake/King Lake kimberlite dike, Slave craton, Canada: a trace-element perspective. Lithos, 77 (1) 69-81 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2004.04.009 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in diamonds from the Snap Lake/King Lake kimberlite dike, Slave craton, Canada: a trace-element perspective...diamonds from the Snap Lake/King Lake kimberlites of the southeastern Slave craton in Canada have been analyzed...Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Snap Lake; Diamond inclusions; Trace element; REE; In situ...Promprated et al. / Lithos 77 (2004) 69–81 Northwest Territories, Canada, was limited in the past largely because...exploration and mining, including a series of kimberlite dikes; one such dike is highly diamondiferous |  | Field, M., Gernon, T.M., Mock, A., Walters, A., Sparks, R.S.J., Jerram, D.A. (2009) Variations of olivine abundance and grain size in the Snap Lake kimberlite intrusion, Northwest Territories, Canada: A possible proxy for diamonds. Lithos, 112. 23-35 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2009.04.019 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and grain size in the Snap Lake kimberlite intrusion, Northwest Territories, Canada: A possible proxy for...Keywords: Kimberlite Olivine Crystal size distributions Diamond a b s t r a c t The Snap Lake hypabyssal...hypabyssal kimberlite is a 15° inclined intrusion that intrudes Archaean rocks of the Slave craton. Mapping...the intrusion, olivine-rich kimberlite (ORK) and olivine-poor kimberlite (OPK). Extensive bulk sampling...to sample selectively. Olivines from the two kimberlite varieties possess distinctly different crystal |  | Mervine, Evelyn M., Wilson, Siobhan A., Power, Ian M., Dipple, Gregory M., Turvey, Connor C., Hamilton, Jessica L., Vanderzee, Sterling, Raudsepp, Mati, Southam, Colette, Matter, Juerg M., Kelemen, Peter B., Stiefenhofer, Johann, Miya, Zandile, Southam, Gordon (2018) Potential for offsetting diamond mine carbon emissions through mineral carbonation of processed kimberlite: an assessment of De Beers mine sites in South Africa and Canada. Mineralogy and Petrology, 112. 755-765 doi:10.1007/s00710-018-0589-4 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | offsetting diamond mine carbon emissions through mineral carbonation of processed kimberlite: an assessment...assessment of De Beers mine sites in South Africa and Canada Evelyn M. Mervine 1 & Siobhan A. Wilson 2,3 & Ian...Abstract De Beers kimberlite mine operations in South Africa (Venetia and Voorspoed) and Canada (Gahcho Kué...Kué, Victor, and Snap Lake) have the potential to sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) through weathering of kimberlite...kimberlite mine tailings, which can store carbon in secondary carbonate minerals (mineral carbonation) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 1. Selection of fine-quality diamonds on kimberlite. Photo courtesy Aber Diamond Inc. WARREN F....Suite 546, 109 Thomas Street Oakville, Ontario Canada L6J 7R4 diamondswfb@cs.com I n the early 1980s...and Diavik) and future diamond mines (Jericho, Snap Lake, Victor). Map redrawn by William Besse. 278 ROCKS...20:04 22 August 2013 Figure 3. The Ekati Diamond mine—Panda pit. Photo courtesy BHP Billiton. world looking...discovery of diamonds in the Northwest Territories in the far north of Canada in 1991 led to the largest |  | | Journal (issue) | | Unlocking our Potential THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS The NWT Difference IT’S MORE...GEOSCIENCE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES? The Northwest Territories Geological Survey is your...TOURISM AND INVESTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER At the inaugural...particular, mineral exploration in the Northwest Territories (see page 7 for a Q+A with him). Darrell’s...U R P O T E N T I A L Photo: Bill Braden Photo/Mine Training Society community members are now employed |  | Barnett, Wayne, Stubley, Michael, Hetman, Casey, Uken, Ron, Hrkac, Chris, McCandless, Tom (2018) Kelvin and Faraday kimberlite emplacement geometries and implications for subterranean magmatic processes. Mineralogy and Petrology, 112. 447-462 doi:10.1007/s00710-018-0621-8 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1007/s00710-018-0621-8 ORIGINAL PAPER Kelvin and Faraday kimberlite emplacement geometries and implications for subterranean...Kennady North Project kimberlites (Northwest Territories of Canada) comprises multiple shallow dipping...possible processes leading to the development of the kimberlite bodies are discussed, with emphasis on the importance...inclined at a low angle to surface) could change the kimberlite emplacement geometries to that observed at Kennady...chonoliths, to emphasize aspects of the growth of kimberlite systems that are not well understood. The conclusions |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | e / l i t h o s The economic implications of kimberlite emplacement Barbara H. Scott Smith ⁎, Stuart... 2555 Edgemont Boulevard, North Vancouver, BC, Canada V7R 2M9 a r t i c l e i n f o Article history:...April 2009 Available online 6 June 2009 Keywords: Kimberlite Olivine Diamond Evaluation Emplacement Petrography...Texture a b s t r a c t The economic potential of kimberlite bodies is defined by the volume and diamond content...Canadian geological models reveal distinct types of kimberlite bodies characterised by fundamentally different |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | diamonds and their inclusions from the Finsch kimberlite pipe, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . ....G.H. Read, Kimberlite AT-56: a mantle sample from the north central Superior craton, Canada . . . Aulbach...mantle beneath the Buffalo Head Terrane, Alberta (Canada) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....inclusions of yimengite in diamond from Sese kimberlite (Zimbabwe) — evidence for metasomatic conditions... . . . . Carter Hearn Jr., B., The Homestead kimberlite, central Montana, USA: mineralogy, xenocrysts |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | coupling revisited: The Archean Slave craton, NWT, Canada H. Helmstaedt Dept. of Geological Sciences and...Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...ultra-depleted garnets, includes the Lac de Gras kimberlite field, under which the presence of an ultra-depleted...in the southern domain are found also in the Snap Lake and CL-25 kimberlites (Pokhilenko et al., 1997;...in the Neoarchean orogenic cycle, probably by northwest-directed subduction related to the Defeat arc |  | | Journal (volume) | | for the communities of Canada 's Northwest Territories "The CanadaMa rk"' hallmark assures customers...rough diamond re sponsibly mined in the Northwest Territories. Natural and untreated, tracked through...processes at each stage of its journey from Canadian mine to polished stone and polished to meet specific...Resources Corp. I Adam Chamberlain Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP Eric Christenson I David Connelly Lane...Catering LP Cherish Winsor I Rio Tinto Diavik Diamond Mine Erik Madsen Rory Moore Jt,. NWT & NUNAVUT CHAMBER |  | Donnelly, Cara L., Stachel, Thomas, Creighton, Steven, Muehlenbachs, Karlis, Whiteford, Sean (2007) Diamonds and their mineral inclusions from the A154 South pipe, Diavik Diamond Mine, Northwest territories, Canada. Lithos, 98 (1) 160-176 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2007.03.003 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A154 South pipe, Diavik Diamond Mine, Northwest territories, Canada Cara L. Donnelly a,⁎, Thomas Stachel...Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2E3 b Diavik Diamond Mines, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada Received 4 August 2006;...from the A154 South kimberlite (Diavik Diamond Mines, Central Slave Craton, Canada) indicate largely peridotitic...the Panda kimberlite, Slave craton. VIIIth International Kimberlite Conference, Victoria, Canada, Extended...Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E3. Tel.: +1 519 524 4185l; fax: +1 780 492 |  | Gurney, John J., Hildebrand, Peter R., Carlson, Jon A., Fedortchouk, Yana, Dyck, Darren R. (2004) The morphological characteristics of diamonds from the Ekati property, Northwest Territories, Canada. Lithos, 77 (1) 21-38 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2004.04.033 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of diamonds from the Ekati property, Northwest Territories, Canada John J. Gurney a,b,*, Peter R. Hildebrand...c BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Canada d University of Victoria, Canada b Received 27 June 2003; accepted...octahedra and total octahedra is present in the northwest part of the study area, which includes the commercially...reserved. Keywords: Colour; Diamonds; Ekati; Kimberlite; Morphology 1. Introduction * Corresponding...is less when considering average values of run-of-mine production, it is still greater than two orders |  | Sobolev, Nikolai V., Logvinova, Alla M., Zedgenizov, Dmitry A., Pokhilenko, Nikolai P., Kuzmin, Dmitry V., Sobolev, Alexander (2008) Olivine inclusions in Siberian diamonds: high-precision approach to minor elements. European Journal of Mineralogy, 20 (3) 305-315 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2008/0020-1829 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | eclogites in kimberlites. In primary, diamond-bearing kimberlite and lamproite rocks the ratio of diamonds from...diamond. Olivine from diamonds of the Snap Lake dyke system (Canada) were studied for comparison. The olivine...minor elements, Siberian Craton, peridotite, kimberlite. Introduction Oceanic crust subduction and recycling...Olivine xenocrysts and phenocrysts in unaltered kimberlite are also characterized by high forsterite contents...included in diamonds from several major Yakutian kimberlite mines as well as from alluvial deposits of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gold Inc., 300-224 4th Avenue South Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7K 5M5 Archon Exploration Pty Ltd., 11 Rowsley...carat Lesotho Promise, recovered from the Letseng Mine in 2006, help to drive a multi-billion dollar diamond...across the globe. Five countries, Botswana, Russia, Canada, South Africa and Angola account for 83% by value...last quarter of 2008 with most work carried out in Canada, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)...2006 from Gem Diamonds Limited's Letseng le Terai Mine in the north eastern highlands of the Kingdom of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | recovery of the total diamond content in the kimberlite, and a cost benefit due to the cheaper treatment...representative numbers of microdiamonds from kimberlite samples which are only a fraction of the size...particular processes seen in the crater facies of a kimberlite where gravity or water-born particle sorting...et al. 2016), or where input from a different kimberlite has occurred (Stiefenhofer 2013). Importantly...microdiamond data if the geological units within the kimberlite have been correctly identified. Stiefenhofer |
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Snap Lake mine, Camsell Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada