Structural-Emplacement Model for Kimberlitic Diatremes in Northern Alberta - ESR 2001 01

 
 
 
 
 
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A study to evaluate structural controls on the Buffalo Head Hills kimberlites in the Peerless Lake area of north-central Alberta was initiated because of the recognition of a set of north-trending lineaments that appear to be spatially correlated with the orientation of the Loon River lowlands, irregularities in the Phanerozoic sedimentary cover, and the emplacement of several kimberlitic diatremes. The combination of aeromagnetic and Radarsat imagery, draped on a digital-elevation model, clearly depicts the relationship between kimberlite intrusions and the intersection of north- and northeast-trending fault sets observed at surface.


A structural-emplacement model constructed for the Buffalo Head Hills kimberlites is consistent with worldwide examples in which kimberlite diatremes are associated with Phanerozoic grabens that result from the frequent transcurrent and/or extensional reactivation of a deep-seated mobile zone.

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