Kimberlites of the Manchary pipe: a new kimberlite field in Central Yakutia

Russian Geology and Geophysics - Tập 51 - Trang 121-126 - 2010
A.P. Smelov1, A.P. Andreev2, Z.A. Altukhova1, S.A. Babushkina1, K.A. Bekrenev2, A.I. Zaitsev1, E.D. Izbekov1, O.V. Koroleva1, V.M. Mishnin2, A.V. Okrugin1, O.B. Oleinikov1, A.A. Surnin1
1Diamond and Precious Metals Geology Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 39 prosp. Lenina, Yakutsk, 677980, Russia
2Yakutskgeologiya, 24 ul. Kal’vitsa, Yakutsk, 677009, Russia

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Abstract This paper reports new petrographic and mineralogical data on the Manchary kimberlite pipe, which was discovered south of Yakutsk (Central Yakutia) in 2007–2008, 100 km. The pipe breaks through the Upper Cambrian carbonate deposits and is overlain by Jurassic terrigenous rock masses about 100 m thick. It is composed of greenish-gray kimberlite breccia with a serpentine-micaceous cement of massive structure. The porphyry texture of kimberlite is due to the presence of olivine, phlogopite, and picroilmenite phenocrysts. The SiO2 and Al2O3 contents of the groundmass are indicative of typical noncontaminated kimberlites. The groundmass has a significant content of ore minerals: Fe- and Cr-spinels, perovskite, magnetite, and, less commonly, magnesian Cr-magnetite. Pyropes occur in kimberlites as sharp-edged fragments and show uneven distribution. Chemically, they belong to lherzolite, wehrlite, or nondiamondiferous dunite–harzburgite parageneses. Garnets corresponding to lherzolites of anomalous composition make up 8%; this is close to the garnet content of Middle Paleozoic kimberlites from the Yakutian kimberlite province. The pyropes from the new pipe are compositionally similar to those from diamond-poor Middle Paleozoic kimberlites in the north of the Yakutian diamondiferous province. Chemically, pyropes from the Manchary pipe and those from the modern alluvium of the Kengkeme and Chakyya Rivers differ substantially. Consequently, the rocks of the pipe could not be a source of pyropes for this alluvium. They probably occured from other sources. This fact along with numerous “pipelike” geophysical anomalies, suggest the existence of a new kimberlite field in Central Yakutia.

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Russian Geology and Geophysics

Tập 51

121-126

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