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Quartzo magmático e hidrotermal do depósito de ouro São Jorge, Província Aurífera do Tapajós, Pará: petrografia, microscopia eletrônica de varredura-catodoluminescência e implicações metalogenéticas
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-12) SOTERO, Aldemir de Melo; LAMARÃO, Cláudio Nery; MARQUES, Gisele Tavares; RODRIGUES, Paulo Roberto Soares
Studies in crystals of quartz present in the mineral associations to the area of the São Jorge gold deposit, Tapajós Gold Province, southwest of the Pará state, identified four morphological and textural types (Qz1, Qz2, Qz3 and Qz4) by scanning electron microscopy-cathodoluminescence images. In the more preserved rocks of the Younger São Jorge Jovem granite, rich in amphibole and biotite (associations 1 and 2), anhedral crystals of magmatic quartz with high to moderate luminescence (Qz1) dominate. In the partly altered rocks (associations 2 and 3), post-magmatic to hydrothermal fluids affected the granite, and filled fractures in Qz1 and crystallized not luminescent (dark) Qz2. In the most intensely altered rocks (association 4), successive alteration, dissolution and recrystallization processes gave rise to typically hydrothermal zoned, subhedral (Qz3) and euhedral (Qz4) quartz crystals. Images by backscattered electrons and semiquantitative analysis by energy dispersive spectroscopy identified two generations of gold: Au1, enriched in Ag (4.3 to 23.7%) and associated to pyrite crystals; Au2, enriched in Te (1.1 to 17.2%) and included or associated to Qz4. The scanning electron microscopy-cathodoluminescence study provided important information that was preserved in the quartz structure. The morphological and textural evolution of this mineral in different stages shows the gradual action of the hydrothermalism in the rocks and minerals associations of São Jorge deposit. Gold mineralization of the deposit was chemically (energy dispersive spectroscopy) and paragenetically (pyrite, sphalerite and Qz4) characterized, and it can be divided into different generations or mineralizing events. The effectiveness of the methodology used in this study was established, allowing its application in studies of other hydrothermal deposits.
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Quartzo magmático e hidrotermal do depósito de ouro São Jorge, província aurífera do Tapajós-PA: petrografia, MEV-CL e implicações metalogenéticas
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-08-05) SOTERO, Aldemir de Melo; LAMARÃO, Claudio Nery; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6973820663339281
The São Jorge Deposit (DSJ), located in the municipality of Vila Riozinho, Gold Tapajós Province, southwest of Pará state, is hosted on 1.89 Ga monzogranite rocks, hydrothermalized at different intensities, belonging to the Younger São Jorge granite. Four morphologicaltextural types of quartz (Qz1, Qz2, Qz3 e Qz4) were identified through images of scanning electron microscopy-cathodoluminescence (SEM-CL) in the mineral assemblages proposed by Borges et al. (2009) to the area of the São Jorge gold deposit. In the most preserved rocks (assemblages 1 and 2), rich in amphibole and biotite, occur anhedral crystals of primary magmatic quartz, with moderate to high luminescence (Qz1). In the altered rocks (assemblages 2 and 3), post-magmatic to hydrothermal fluids affected the granite and percolated fractures in Qz1 and crystallized Qz2 not luminescent (dark). In the most intensely altered rocks (assemblage 4), successive alteration, dissolution and recrystallization processes gave rise to zoned subhedral (Qz3) and euhedral (Qz4) quartz crystals, typically hydrothermal, the latter being host of the gold mineralization. The textural evolution of quartz is directly related to hydrothermal fluids that affected the rocks of the Younger São Jorge granite. Backscattered electrons images (ERE) and semiquantitative analysis by energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) identified two generations of gold: Au1, enriched in Ag (4.3 to 23.7%) and included or associated to crystals of Py; Au2, enriched in Te (1.1 to 17.2%) and included in Qz4. The study of quartz crystals by SEM-CL provided important morphological and textural information for understanding of the hydrothermal processes that acted in the mineralized area of the São Jorge gold deposit, allowing the application of this methodology in studies of quartz of other hydrothermal deposits.