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A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Attawapiskat Kimberlite Field, Canada: Accelerating the Discovery-to-Production Pipeline

verfasst von : N. Januszczak, M. H. Seller, S. Kurszlaukis, C. Murphy, J. Delgaty, S. Tappe, K. Ali, J. Zhu, P. Ellemers

Erschienen in: Proceedings of 10th International Kimberlite Conference

Verlag: Springer India

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Victor Mine is one of 21 known kimberlites within the Attawapiskat kimberlite field, Ontario, Canada. Victor was discovered in 1988 and commercial production began in 2008. In 2008, it was identified that subsequent resource evaluation programs targeting satellite kimberlites within the Attawapiskat kimberlite field required effective integration of multidisciplinary data to identify areas of high prospectivity within the field and identify high-interest pipes early in the exploration pipeline. Systematic relationships were revealed between diamond data and various other data sets (petrography, whole-rock major and trace element compositions, mineral trace element compositions, geophysics, and volcanology) both within the kimberlite field and within individual pipes. The most valuable datasets were identified, gaps in knowledge were determined, and economically relevant projects were formulated. One such project has revealed new emplacement ages for Victor and Uniform kimberlites, which suggest that kimberlite magmas erupted within a relatively narrow time span between ~180 and 170 Ma in the Attawapiskat kimberlite field. The integration of large and complex datasets and the communication between investigators from different fields within the geosciences is highly beneficial to accelerate the discovery-to-production pipeline in the diamond industry.

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Titel: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Attawapiskat Kimberlite Field, Canada: Accelerating the Discovery-to-Production Pipeline
verfasst von: N. Januszczak
M. H. Seller
S. Kurszlaukis
C. Murphy
J. Delgaty
S. Tappe
K. Ali
J. Zhu
P. Ellemers
Verlag: Springer India
Buch: Proceedings of 10th International Kimberlite Conference
Print ISBN: 978-81-322-1172-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-81-322-1173-0

Copyright-Jahr: 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1173-0_11