K19 pipe is a
diatreme in the southwestern part of the
Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field
The Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field is a group of kimberlitic volcanic pipes or diatremes in north-central Alberta, Canada. As of 2011, 41 kimberlite pipes, of which 28 are diamondiferous, had been identified in the field. They were emplaced ...
in
Northern Alberta,
Canada
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. It is thought to have formed about 60 million years ago, making it one of the youngest volcanic formations in the Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field and in Alberta.
[Emplacement characteristics of Late Cretaceous and Paleocene pyroclastic and injected kimberlites in northern Alberta, Canada](_blank)
/ref> Unlike many other diatremes in the Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field, it contains low diamond
Diamond is a Allotropes of carbon, solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the Chemical stability, chemically stable form of car ...
content.
See also
*List of volcanoes in Canada
List of volcanoes in Canada is an incomplete list of volcanoes found in Mainland Canada, in the Canadian islands and in Canadian waters. All but one province, Prince Edward Island, have at least one volcano.
Alberta
British Columbia
Ne ...
* Volcanism of Canada
*Volcanism of Western Canada
Volcanism of Western Canada has produced lava flows, lava plateaus, lava domes, cinder cones, stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes, greenstone belts, submarine volcanoes, calderas, diatremes and maars, along with examples of more less common volcanic ...
References
Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field
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