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Lamproite from
Majhgawan diamond pipe, Panna Mines, Panna, Panna District, Madhya Pradesh, India


Locality type:Pipe
Classification
Type:Lamproite
Age information
Maximum recorded age:1630 Âą 353 Ma
Minimum recorded age:974 Âą 30 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
11120 Âą 45 to 974 Âą 30 MaProterozoic - K-Ar whole rock
21630 Âą 353 MaStatherian - Rb-Sr isochron
31067 Âą 15 MaStenian - Rb-Sr whole rock
Sample references:
1 -
Paul, D. K., Rex, D. C., & Harris, P. G. (1975). Chemical characteristics and K-Ar ages of Indian kimberlite. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 86(3), 364-366.
2 -
Paul, D. K. (1979). Isotopic composition of strontium in Indian kimberlites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 43(3), 389-394.
3 -
Chatterjee, A. K.; Rao, K. S. (1995) Majhgawan Diamondiferous Pipe, Madhya Pradesh, India - A Review. Journal Geological Society of India, 45 (2). 175-189 doi:10.17491/jgsi/1995/450206
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Lamproite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Majhgawan diamond pipe, Panna Mines, Panna, Panna District, Madhya Pradesh, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1333235
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1333235:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Lamproite
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘHinota pipe, Panna Mines, Panna, Panna District, Madhya Pradesh, India
83.4km (51.8 miles) ⓘBunder Project, Nimani, Chhatarpur District, Madhya Pradesh, India
References
Scott Smith, B.H. 1989. Lamproites and kimberlites in India. Neues Jahrbuch fÞr Mineralogie Abhandlungen, 161, 193-225.
Chatterjee, A. K.; Rao, K. S. (1995) Majhgawan Diamondiferous Pipe, Madhya Pradesh, India - A Review. Journal Geological Society of India, 45 (2). 175-189 doi:10.17491/jgsi/1995/450206
Woolley, Alan R. (2019) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe (excluding the former USSR), Australasia and Oceanic Islands. The Geological Society of London. doi:10.1144/mpar4
 
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