Characteristics and alteration origins of matrix minerals in volcaniclastic kimberlite of the Muskox pipe (Nunavut, Canada)

• Published in: Lithos
• Main Authors: Hayman, Patrick, Cas, Ray, Johnson, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2009
• Subjects: Canada; Deuteric fluids; Fe-Ti oxides; Kimberlite alteration; Matrix overprint; Meteoric fluids; North America; Nunavut; Ovibos moschatus moschatus; Serpentine; X-ray diffraction; X-ray fluorescence; core logging; crystallization; electron probe analysis; emplacement; fluid inclusion; iron oxide; kimberlite; layered intrusion; matrix; meteoric water; mineral alteration; permeability; petrography; titanium; volcaniclastic deposit; Rock X; muskox; ovibos moschatus
• Online Access: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/217244/

The matrix of volcaniclastic kimberlite (VK) from the Muskox pipe (Northern Slave Province, Nunavut, Canada) is interpreted to represent an overprint of an original clastic matrix. Muskox VK is subdivided into three different matrix mineral assemblages that reflect differences in the proportions of...