Siberia’s largest pulse of kimberlites: U-Pb geochronology of perovskite and rutile from the Obnazhennaya kimberlite and its xenoliths, Siberia craton

ABSTRACT Mantle xenoliths from the Middle-Late Jurassic Obnazhennaya kimberlite are often compared with those from the Udachnaya kimberlite (ca. 367 Ma) to inform the evolution of the Siberia craton. However, there are no direct constraints on the timing of the Obnazhennaya kimberlite eruption. Such uncertainty of the kimberlite age precludes a better understanding of the mantle xenoliths from the Obnazhennaya pipe, and thus also of the evolution of the Siberia craton. This paper reports U-Pb ages for both perovskite from the Obnazhennaya kimberlite and rutile in an Obnazhennaya eclogite xenolith. The fresh perovskite formed during the early stage of magmatic crystallization and yields a U-Pb age of 151.8 ± 2.5 Ma (2σ). Rutile in the eclogite xenolith yields an overlapping U-Pb age of 154.2 ± 1.9 Ma (2σ). Because rutile has a Pb closure temperature lower than the inferred residence temperature of the eclogite prior to eruption, the U-Pb isotope system in rutile was not closed until the host eclogite was entrained and delivered to the surface by the kimberlite and therefore records the timing of kimberlite eruption. These data provide the first direct constraints on the emplacement age of the Obnazhennaya kimberlite and add to the global ‘kimberlite bloom’ from ca. 250–50 Ma as well as to the largest pulse of kimberlite volcanism in Siberia from ca. 171–144 Ma. The timing of this Jurassic–Cretaceous pulse coincides with the closure of the Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean, but the depleted Sr-Nd isotopic characteristics of 171–144 Ma kimberlites are inconsistent with a subduction-driven model for their petrogenesis. Thus, the closure of the Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean may act as a trigger for the initiation of 171–144 Ma kimberlite emplacement of Siberia, but was not the source. Graphical Abstract

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