| Title | Lithoprobe's impact on the Canadian diamond-exploration industry |
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| Author | Snyder, D B ;
Grütter, H S |
| Source | LITHOPROBE - Parameters, Processes and the Evolution of a Continent; by NRC Research Press; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences vol. 47, no. 5, 2010 p. 783-800, https://doi.org/10.1139/E09-055 |
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| Year | 2010 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20070261 |
| Publisher | Canadian Science Publishing |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | British Columbia; Alberta; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Ontario; Quebec; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Yukon; Nunavut; Canada |
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66; 67; 68; 69; 72; 73; 74; 75; 76; 77; 78; 79; 82; 83; 84; 85; 86; 87; 88; 89; 92; 93; 94; 95; 96; 97; 98; 99; 102; 103; 104; 105; 106; 107; 114O; 114P; 115; 116; 117; 120; 340; 560 |
| Lat/Long WENS | -141.0000 -50.0000 90.0000 41.7500 |
| Subjects | economic geology; geophysics; mining; mining activities; exploration; exploration activities; diamond; kimberlites; seismic surveys; Lithoprobe; Slave Craton; Superior Craton; Sask Craton |
| Illustrations | location maps; block diagrams; tables; cross-sections |
| Program | Northern Resources Development Program |
| Released | 2010 05 01 |
| Abstract | Lithoprobe aided and will continue to guide diamond exploration in Canada via a number of diverse ways and at scales from cratons to individual ore bodies. Specific transects outlined the domainal
nature, geometry, and age relations of crust, subjacent mantle, and diamond-bearing roots in unusually rich detail for cratonic settings such as those of the Superior and Slave cratons, as well as pericratonic (shield) settings such as those of the
Sask craton and Buffalo Hills terrane. The Superior and Slave examples of craton construction by multiple underthrust layers, as inferred from structural geometries observed in Lithoprobe seismic and magnetotelluric surveys, remain the clearest
resolved to date. The first definition of the Sask craton occurred 10-15 years ago and helped fuel the diamond industry's ongoing revision of Clifford's Rule for exploration so as to include targets in Proterozoic shield settings. Main Lithoprobe
transect results and supporting geoscience studies have helped to demonstrate the very different settings for paragenesis of both peridotitic and eclogitic types of diamonds found across Canada. Seismic methods have delineated many of the the oldest,
typically depleted cratonic mantle blocks, as well as Archean and Proterozoic sutures, where larger percentages of eclogite might occur. Development of geophysical methods related to Lithoprobe data acquisition has led to metre-scale, high-resolution
mapping of diamondiferous kimberlite pipes and shallow-dipping dykes, thus allowing more accurate estimates of their volume and more efficient mining of these diamond deposits. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 224280 |
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