Jericho pipe

Jericho pipe

The Jericho pipe is a diamondiferous diatreme in the Slave craton of the Northwest Territories, Canada, located Unit km|400|0 northeast of Yellowknife near the northern end of Contwoyto Lake. [ [http://petrology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/41/6/789 Primitive Magma From the Jericho Pipe, N.W.T., Canada: Constraints on Primary Kimberlite Melt Chemistry] ] It is home to the Jericho Diamond Mine.

ee also

*Volcanism in Canada
*List of volcanoes in Canada

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