Lake Timiskaming kimberlite field

The Lake Timiskaming kimberlite field is Canada's southermost kimberlite field, located in Northeastern Ontario and western Quebec, Canada. It is within the Lake Timiskaming Structural Zone which contains over 50 kimberlite pipes, several of which are diamondiferous. [ [http://www.tres-or.com/tm.php# Diamond Discoveries] Retrieved on 2007-10-05] The Lake Timiskaming kimberlite field formed about 147 million years ago when the North American Plate moved westward over the long-lived New England hotspot, also referred to as the Great Meteor hotspot. [ [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v446/n7134/fig_tab/nature05675_F2.html Inferred track of the Great Meteor hotspot.] Retrieved on 2007-10-05]

ee also

*Volcanism in Canada
*List of volcanoes in Canada

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