Dissertações em Geologia e Geoquímica (Mestrado) - PPGG/IG
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Item Acesso aberto (Open Access) Estudos isotópicos (Pb, O, H, S) em zonas alteradas e mineralizadas do depósito cupro-aurífero Visconde, Província Mineral de Carajás(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013-06-05) SILVA, Antonia Railine da Costa; LAFON, Jean Michel; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4507815620234645; VILLAS, Raimundo Netuno Nobre; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1406458719432983The Cu-AuVisconde deposit is located in the Carajás Mineral Province, northern Brazil, about 15 km east of the world-class Sossego deposit. It lies within a regional WNW–ESE-striking shear zone that marks the contact between the ~2.76 Ga metavolcano-sedimentary rocks of the Carajás Basin and the basement units. Other Cu- Au deposits with similar characteristics (Bacaba, Castanha, Alvo 118, Cristalino, Jatobá) occur along this shear zone. They have been included in the IOCG class, although much controversy exists regarding their genesis, particularly with respect to the mineralization age and source of fluids, ligands and metals. TheVisconde deposit is hosted by Archean rocks, mainly felsic metavolcanic rocks (2968 ± 15 Ma), the Serra Dourada granite (2860 ± 22 Ma), and gabbro/diorites. These rocks are variably sheared and reveal various types of hydrothermal alteration with strong structural control. The earliest types are the sodic (albite-scapolite) and sodic-calcic alterations (albiteactinolite ± tourmaline ± quartz ± magnetite ± scapolite ± epidote), which promoted ubiquitous replacement of the rock primary minerals and precipitaton of disseminated chalcopyrite, pyrite, molybdenite and pentlandite. Oxygen isotope data of representative minerals from these stages show that the hydrothermal fluids were hot (410 – 355°C) and 18O-rich (δ18OH2O = +4.2 to +9.4‰). The following potassic stage is characterized by intense biotitization of the rocks, which developed concomitantly a mylonitic foliation highlighted by the remarkable orientation of biotite flakes. This mica precipitated from fluids with similar oxygen isotope signature to that of the previous stages (δ18OH2O = +4.8 to +7.2‰, at 355°C). Microcline and allanite are other typical minerals of this stage, in addition to chalcopyrite that deposited along the foliation planes. At lower temperatures (230 ± 11°C), 18O-depleted fluids (δ18OH2O = -1.3 to +3.7‰) generated a calcic-magnesian mineral assemblage (albite + epidote + chlorite ± actinolite ± calcite) present mostly in veins and contemporaneous with the main mineralization. The δ18OH2O and δDH2O data indicate that the hydrothermal fluids were initially formed by metamorphic and formation waters, possibly with some contribution of magmatic water. At later stages, there was a considerable influx of surface water. The resulting fluid dilution and cooling might have accounted for the abundant precipitation of sulphides (chalcopyrite ± bornite ± chalcocite ± digenite) mainly in tectonic breccias, whose matrix contains up to 60% sulphides. These breccias represent the most important ore bodies, although sulphides also occur in veins together with sodic-calcic minerals. The mineral associations assign a Cu-Au-Fe-Ni-ETRL-B-P signature to the ore. The sulphur isotope composition (δ34SCDT= -1.2 to 3.4‰) is compatible with a magmatic source for sulphur, which could have been either exsolved from a crystallizing granitic magma or dissolved from sulphides originally present in preexisting igneous rocks. Additionally, it indicates relatively reducing conditions for the fluid. Dating of chalcopyrite by Pb leaching and total dissolution techniques yielded ages of 2736 ± 100 Ma and 2729 ± 150 Ma. Despite the large errors, they point to a Neoarchean age for the mineralization and preclude a Paleoproterozoic mineralizing event. The age of 2746 ± 7 Ma (MSDW = 4.9; Pb evaporation on zircon), obtained for a non-mineralized granitic intrusion present in the deposit area and correlated to the Planalto Suite, was considered as the minimum age for the mineralization. Thus, the Visconde deposit genesis could be related to the 2.76-2.74 Ga transpressive tectonothermal event that was responsible for the inversion of the Carajás basin and generation of granitic magmatism in the Carajás and Transition domains. Such an event should have triggered devolatilazion reactions in the Itacaiunas Supergroup rocks, producing metamorphic fluids or even driving off water trapped in the pores of the basin rocks. These fluids migrated along regional shear zones and reacted with both the basin and basement rocks through which they moved during the ductile regime. The subeconomic concentrations of the Visconde deposit might be the result of the absence of prominent structures that would otherwise favor a greater influx of fluids, as it seems to have been the case in the Sossego and Alvo 118 deposits.Item Acesso aberto (Open Access) Opalas gemológicas do Piauí: gênese revelada por microtermometria e minerais associados(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-04-25) MARQUES, Gisele Tavares; COSTA, Marcondes Lima da; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1639498384851302Opals from Pedro II and Buriti dos Montes, in the Piauí State, are the most important occurrences of this gemstone in Brazil, both in terms of volume and -gemological quality that is comparable to the famous Australian opals. However, informality in the extraction and marketing of these opals, as well as the lack of information about the genesis of these deposits do not permit prospecting for new deposits, and the establishment of a certificate of origin for Piauí opals, would allow their formal participation in the international gemological market. Some authors have been studied these opals, revealing strong evidences of their hydrothermal origin, but until now, no work discussed the physico-chemical characteristics of the fluids that would have originated these opals deposits. Thus, the main objective of this work was to understand the hydrothermal system responsible for the genesis of opals from Piauí, i.e., to characterize the fluids that originated the mineralization and show its relationship with the geological context of this region. Pedro II and Buriti dos Montes counties are located in the northeastern portion of the Piauí State, at approximately 230 km east of the capital Teresina. The opal occurrences are on the basis of the Parnaíba Basin, constituting veins and veinlets in the sandstones of the Serra Grande (Buriti dos Montes) and Canindé (Pedro II) groups, which are cut by diabase sills and dikes of the Sardinha Formation. They also occur in cementing breccias and as colluvial and paleochannel deposits. Associated to opals, locally there are veins of quartz, chalcedony, barite and hematite (or goethite). In general, opals from Pedro II present play-of-color, are mostly white or bluish with a milky appearance, semitranslucent to opaque, and have solid inclusions little bit apparent. In contrast, orange opals from Buriti dos Montes do not show play-of-color, their color ranges from light yellow to brownish red, they are semitransparent to translucent, and contain a large variety of solid inclusions. The obtained data reveal that the opals from Pedro II are typically of amorphous type (opal-A), while the opals from Buriti dos Montes range between amorphous and cristobalite-tridymite (opal-CT). In the precious opals, the typical play-of-color is caused by the regular arrangement of the silica spheres that constitute them. The absence of opaline cement among the spheres reinforces the beauty of this effect. On the other hand, the orange opals do not show play-of-color, but they have greater transparency due to the small size of the spheres. The solid inclusions also produce beautiful effects in the studied opals, mainly in the orange variety that is more transparent. Besides this, the solid inclusions set reveals intrinsic characteristics to hydrothermal processes that originated the studied opals. Botryoidal, dendritic and nodular aggregates are examples of inclusions formed by fragments of the host sandstones, which were carried by the hydrothermal fluids that generated the opals. In the opals from Buriti dos Montes, the red, orange and yellow hues are produced by the partial dissolution of the Fe oxy-hydroxides inclusions. Similarly, the green color in the precious opals is related to Co-pentlandite microcrystals included in them. The set of minerals associated to opals leads to a mineralogical-geochemical signature marked by high contents of Fe and Al in opals with hematite/goethite and kaolinite inclusions, such as the considerable increase in the rare earth elements contents, in the opals that have kaolinite and apatite inclusions. Among the trace elements, Ba is the most abundant, and it probably was incorporated to hydrothermal fluid, considering that veins of barite are frequently found in this region of Parnaíba Basin. Some features such as flow structures in the opals, corrosion and partial dissolution in the hyaline quartz crystals and mineralogical inclusions, hydrothermal quartz veinlets that overgrew to detrital grains, and zoning in the quartz crystals, confirm that these opals have hydrothermal origin. The Gondwana rupture would have caused a wide fissural basic magmatism, which was the responsible for the heat supply that generated the first convective cells of hot fluids. The water contained in the sandstones certainly filled the system and enriched in silica through partial or total dissolution of the quartz grains of sandstones. This hydrothermal fluid was subsequently hosted and cooled in the fracture systems, precipitating the opal and associated minerals.