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Alteração supergênica das rochas básicas do grupo Grão-Pará: implicações sobre a gênese do depósito de bauxita de N5 - Serra dos Carajás
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 1981-11-19) LEMOS, Vanda Porpino; VILLAS, Raimundo Netuno Nobre; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1406458719432983
The present study deals with the supergene alteration of the basic volcanic rocks of the Grão Pará Group and gathers evidences that support the N5 bauxite deposit (Carajás Sierra) to be an extreme product of this alteration. In the lack of a continuous profile, this hypothesis was tested with a composed profile using the subsurface information available for the contiguous N4 plateau where the whole weathered sequence could be observed. The bauxite-rich and lateritic horizons, only developed in N5, were then assumed to be a part of that sequence and taken as its more superficial levels. The basic volcanic rocks are of precambrian age and were classified as tholeiitic basalts compositionally similar to those of the calc-alkaline suites that occur in modern island ares (TiO2-Zr/P2O5 diagram). The primary mineral assembly is dominantly composed of labradorite and pigeonite-augite and has zircon, ilmenite and opaque minerals as the major accessory phases. Hydrothermal activity caused mineralogical changes in theses rocks producing chlorite, epidote, calcite, sericite, amphibole and quartz. Significant chemical and mineralogical changes were induced by the weathering in these rocks and could be evaluated to depths up to 140 m. The serbidecomposed material showed substantial losses of CaO, Na2O and FeO (this due to partial oxidation to Fe+3) and less important lasses of SiO2, MgO and K2O. In contraposition there was relative enrichment of Fe2O3, Al2O3, TiO2 and P2O5 besides major gains of H2O. This new chemical environment favored the formation of compatible stable phases represented, in order of abundance, by chlorite, smectite-chlorite, opaque minerals and quartz. The totally decomposed basalts revealed an aimost complete loss of alkalls, MgO and CaO, with SiO2 contents dimishing to values of approximately 40% of its initial quantities. This enhanced great relative gains of Fe2O3, Al2O3, TiO2 and P2O5 and H2O with respect to the previous alterations stage. The resulting mineral assembly turned out be dominated by kaolinite, goethite and titanium oxides, and secondarily by gibbsite and quartz. Determinations of Cr, Ni, Co and Zr were done for both the bas.alts and its weathered equivalents. Enrichment factors of the order of 1.5 to 5.0 generally progressive towards the surface indicate the greater or lesser mobility of these elements within the supergene environment. Cr, Ni and Co were retained by coprecitpitation with iron hidroxides while Zr was accounted for by the preservation of zircon as a residual mineral. The N5 bauxite deposit consists of a gibbsite-rich upper layer with an average thickness of 4.7 m and average chemical composition of 3-.13% SiO2, 2.3% TiO2, 47.0% Al2O3, 23.0% Fe2O3 and 24.0% volatiles. Mineralogically it is composed of gibbsite, kaolinite, titanium oxides and iron hidroxides (goethite). The subjacent layers show distinct chemical constitution but the mineral suites differ in the proportions rather than in the kinds of the phases present. Downwards it is observed 1) a lateritic crust as thick as 10 m, 2) a gibbsite-rich clay that do not exceed 35 m in thickness and 3) an argillaceous horizon of indefinite thickness. The lateritic crust has an average chemical composition of 3.6% SiO2, 2.0% TiO2, 28.0% Al2O3, 47.0% Fe2O3 and 19.0% volatiles, and a mineralogy dominated by hematite, kaolinite, iron hidroxides, titanium oxides and subordinate quantities of gibbsite. The gibbsite-rich clay has average proportions of 24.0%, 2.0%, 28.0%, 32.0% and 13.0.% for SiO2, TiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3 and volatiles respectively while the argillaceous horizon shows average proportions of 47.0%, 1.5%, 20.0%, 22.0% and 7.5% for these same components in that order. The mineral assembly of these two last levels is dominated by kaolinite, gibbsite, titanium oxides and iron hydroxides although hematite appears only in the gibbsite-rich clay while goethite and quartz appear, only ,in, the argillacebus horizon. The identification of heavy minerals in samples of both the decomposed basalt and the bauxite material revealed the same suite consisting of ilmenite, zircon and tourmaline, the latter mineral being found in greater abundances in the bauxite. Boron determinations from samples of the various horizons of both sequentes (N4 and N5) indicated contente that varied from 70 to 100 ppm, justifying /the probable presence of tourmaline even in the rocks from which was not possible to separate heavy minerals. The integration of all these data allowed the interpretation of the N5 bauxite plateau as a residual deposit of the supergene alteration of the volcanic basic rocks of the Grão Pará. Group with basis on 1) the chemical and mineralogical identities between the two sequences, especially the decomposed basalt and the gibbsite-rich clay, 2) the chemical correspondente that suggests the argillaceous horizon to be an intermediate stage of alteration between the semidecomposed and the decomposed basalt, 3) the presence of gibbsite in the decomposed basalt suggesting a stage of evolution which, given enough time and the appropriate conditions, could produce a material progressively rich in alumina and 4) typical trace elements of basic rocks present in relatively high concentrations in the bauxite deposit and, taken the genetic link for granted, showing enrichment or impoverishment factors along a common trend from the unaltered basalt to the bauxite material. Special attention was paid to the lateritic crust that formed underlying the bauxite deposit. It has been interpreted as a result of the relativo mobility of Fe and Pd, under Eh-pH conditions that favored the descending movement of Fe and the fixation of in the upper horizons.
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Alteração supergênica dos basaltos do Porto Franco-Grajaú-MA
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 1985-10-04) VAQUERA VARGAS, Antônio; OLIVEIRA, Nilson Pinto de
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Anomalias eletromagnéticas de corpos tubulares inclinados em contato com o manto de intemperismo usando diferentes arranjos de bobinas-modelamento analógico
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 1997-03-16) SILVA, Roberto Cesar Alves; VERMA, Om Prakash; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2723609019309173
Electromagnetic methods are mainly applied in the prospection of massive sulphide deposits. These deposits are frequently long in extension and thin, therefore the interpretation can be carried out considering a half-plane model in a resistive ambient. However, in Amazon region or in semi-arid and tropical regions where a partialy conductive to conductive overburden is encountered, interpretations using a resistive ambient model give erroneous results. The objective of this work is to study the influence of the conducting overburden on electromagnetic anomalies of inclined sheet-like bodies in ohmic contact with the overburden, using coil configurations - horizontal coplanar (HCP), vertical coplanar (VCP), vertical coaxial (VCA) and minium couple system (PERP). These studies are realized with the aid of analog modelling where the ore-body is simulated by a graphite sheet and the conducting overburden by ammonium choride solution. Generally, the diferente coil systems studied here show the similar characteristics of the overburden effects, reserving some peculiar effects of each coil system. The effects of a conductive overburden in ohmic contact with the orebody could be briefly described as follows: (i) There is an anti-clockwise phase rotation initially with the increase in the overburden induction number, but with further increase the phase rotates clockwise; (ii) The form of the quadrature anomaly profile is altered due to the appearence of an extra peak on the down-dip side of the ore-body, and (iii) The peak to peak quadrature anomaly on the up-dip side increases uniformly with increase in the overburden induction number. Highest anomalies are obtained with the horizontal coplanar system and lowest with vertical coplanar. No extra-peak in the quadrature profile is observed with the vertical coaxial system in this study. Also, the overbuden effects are more prominent in the horizontal coplanar system compared to vertical coil systems, and in the anomalies of the less inclined half-planes and at lesser depths.
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Caracterização de tintas industriais aplicadas na região amazônica a partir de análises físico-químicas, mecânicas e de durabilidade
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2024-02-28) LUCAS, Mathaus Moraes; SILVA, Alisson Clay Rios da; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7389345867032737; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9186-2287
In Brazil, the industrial sector of paints and varnishes is among the five largest in the market. The manufacture of paints for various applications, with technology and technical responsibility, equals the most advanced global production centers. The durability of a paint refers to its resistance to weathering. For weathering, a weather-resistant paint is necessary so that fading does not occur on the substrate where it will be used, which can occur among some factors, due to the incidence of sunlight and heavy rains. The North region, with high rainfall, influenced by instability lines, presents significant spatial and seasonal heterogeneity of rainfall and has the highest annual rainfall total. Given this reality, a paint commercially applied in the Amazon region was developed. In the standard formulation, variations of mineral loads (Kaolin, Dolomite and Precipitated Calcium Carbonate) were made and subsequently analyses and tests were carried out to evaluate the performance of this paint, compared with the original formulation, such as abrasion resistance and weathering resistance. The paint production methodology will be according to Castro (2009) using Hare’s technique (1974). The characterization of the paints in the fresh state was carried out through the Viscosity, pH and specific weight tests, while the characterization of the paints in the hardened state was carried out through the abrasion resistance tests, weathering resistance test and Scanning Electron Microscopy. The physico-chemical tests revealed that, in relation to Stormer viscosity, all formulations exceeded the standard (130 KU), with the exception of the paints containing 30% Dolomite, 15% PCC, 15% Dolomite and the ternary combination of 5% Kaolin, 5% Dolomite and 20% PCC. As for the specific weight, the formulation that came closest to the standard was the binary paint with 15% Kaolin and 15% PCC, presenting an average value of 1.43 g/cm³. In terms of pH, all formulations showed alkalinity, with values ranging between 7.5 and 9.6. After a period of exposure of 180 days, none of the mixtures, including the standard formulation, showed the formation of pathologies, demonstrating resistance to weathering. The formulations with 30% Dolomite; 15% PCC and 15% Dolomite; 5% PCC, 5% Kaolin and 20% Dolomite; 10% Kaolin, 10% PCC and 10% Dolomite, exhibited respectively 300, 290, 240, 270 cycles of abrasion resistance, indicating the potential of these paints for a variety of applications, such as floor paints, external paints and road paints.
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Distribuição dos elementos Si, Al, Fe, Ca, Mg, Mn, Ti, Cu, K e Na em solos desenvolvidos na região do granito central da Serra dos Carajás - sul do estado do Pará
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 1981-03-13) DAMOUS, Nina Rosa Leal; RONCAL, Juan Rolando Zuleta
The distribution of elements in the weathered pro rocks is effected mainly by climate, geomorphology and parent material. The present study deals with the distribution of Si, Al., Fe, Ca, Mg, Mn, Ti, Cu, K and Na in the weathered products of the Central Gravite at Serra dos Carajas - Para, Brazil, which occurs in an area which is characterized by ondulated relief and humid tropical climate. Samples representing two selected weathering profiles were collected to depths that did not exceed 6 m. The analytical treatment consisted of poten/biometric determinations of pH values, the determination of the chemical and mineralogical compositions of the sand, silt and clay fractions, and the determination of the chemical composition of the oxide fraction. The two profiles reveal an intensa process of feldspar removal from the parent granite and the formation of a sand-clayey lato-soil. In this process quartz has been preserved and clay minerals and aluminium and iron hidroxides have been formed constituting the dominant assemblage of the soil. Ca, Mg, Mn, Na and K from the parental rock were nearly completely leached away to the extent that these elements are only found in small amounts in the remaining feldspars or adsorbed on clay minerals. On the other hand, Ti present principally in resistant minerals, practically maintains its' original concentration. Cu is sligthly enriched in the profiles due to adsorption in the clay minerals. The presence of only very small amounts of feldspar along the profiles shows the great intensity of the weathering process acti.ng on the granitic rocks. The direct transformation of feldspar to clay minerals or aluminium oxides is related to the climatic conditions frainy and dry seasons) prevalent in the area.
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Dos minerais aos materiais de arquitetura e processos de degradação: edifícios e ornamentos metálicos dos séculos XIX e XX em Belém do Pará
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-06-16) PALÁCIOS, Flávia Olegário; ANGÉLICA, Rômulo Simões; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7501959623721607
The use of iron in architecture was intensified during the second half of the XVIII century in Europe, and its influence spread over many countries in growth, such as Brazil. Belém (PA) was one of the cites that received the larger amount of building and ornaments imported, especially from England, France, Belgium and Portugal, during the XIX e XX centuries. Currently, Belém holds the largest number of iron architecture heritage remnants in the country. Despite of having great importance in construction techniques, many of these buildings were disassembled and remain on the wait for restoration processes. Also, studies about theses constructions only focus on historical and visual discussion, with no understanding of construction materials, causing empirical restoration processes. The knowledge about these materials is important to the detailed study of historical metal alloys, and different fabrication techniques, as well as weathering action, aiming future restoration processes with scientific bases. The main objective of this research is to understand the historical metals, their diversity in iron architecture and fabrication processes, and also weathering action in iron buildings and ornaments from the XIX and XX centuries in Belém. Thus, the following specific objectives were established: a) physical, chemical and mineralogical characterization of alloys and pathologies; b) identification of different kinds of alloys, in order understand the production types; c) determination of metallurgy evolution imported to the Amazon. The materials chosen for this research came from three different sites, due to their representativeness and diversity of pieces and origin: Mercado de Ferro do Ver-o-Peso building; the former chalet from the State’s Press; and the ornaments from tombs and mausoleums of the Soledade Cemetery. The methods used were Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) for physical characterization and punctual chemical analysis; and X-Ray Diffractometry (XRD) for mineralogical analysis. The results were presented in three scientific papers indicating: 1) iron alloys mostly composed by ferrite; 2) textural variations exhibiting four types for the building group: nodular cast iron, gray cast iron type E, wrought iron and gray cast iron type B; 3) three classification of gray cast iron for the ornamental group of diverse origins, among A, B and D; 4) corrosion as main weathering action, and products constituted by goethite and hematite; 4) remnant paint coats, formed by metallic zinc, and its products of alteration represented by zincite and hidrozincite. Through the results of this research it was possible to indicate the evolution of processes in iron architecture production, and enrich this research area with scientific information, as subside for future restorative processes.
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Efeitos do manto de intemperismo sobre anomalias “VLF” dos corpos tabulares inclinados
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 1997-03-16) ROZAL, Edilberto Oliveira; VERMA, Om Prakash; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2723609019309173
Application of eletromagnetic methods for mineral exploration in tropical regions is complicated due to a presence of a conducting overburden encountered in these regions. In the Amazon region, overburden is well developed and conductive; while in semi-arid regions there may be a fine layer containing salts. Consequently, considerable error is introduced in the interpretation of EM data if the presence of the conducting overburden is ignored. In order to study the overburden effects, on VLF anomalies due inclined tabular bodies in contact with the former (Ohmic - overburden), a number of analog model experiments were conducted for varying response parameters of the overburden and the ore body. Overburden is simulated by an amonium chloride solution (NH4Cl) and the ore body by inclined grafite sheets of different thicknesses. Three overburdens of varying conductance were used to simulate diverse geological situations. Both, tilt-angle and elipsity anomalies decrease in amplitude with the increase in depth of the ore body and the position of the peak in the profile is removed further away from the crossover irrespective of the presence of the overburden or not. There is some increase and tilt-angle anomaly profiles. Eliptisity anomaly increases with the increase in the condutance of the overburden while tilt-angle anomaly decreases a little bit. However, at higher overburden condutances both of then are attenuated. Phase angle are rotated anti-clockwise with the overburden. This rotation is more intense at higher induction number of the conductor. In the presence of the ohmic-overburden and at moderate values of their condutance, the conductor appears (i) at lower depth than the real, due to the increase in the anomaly amplitude, and ii) less conducting due to the anti-clockwise rotation of the Argand diagram.
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Efeitos do manto de intemperismo sobre anomalias eletromagnéticas provocadas por corpos tabulares inclinados: um estudo através de modelamento reduzido
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 1981-09-18) SILVA, Lúcia Maria da Costa e; VERMA, Om Prakash; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2723609019309173
Electromagnetic methods have been extensively applied in the prospecting of sulphide bodies and other conducting materials. The interpretation of e. m. data is based on the results obtained either with reduced scale or analytical modelling. In most models, the host rocks, the overburden as well as the halo of disseminated sulphides are considered highly resistive although in nature they are often weakly conductive. Presence of a well-developed conducting overburden in tropical and sub-tropical regions and a saline rich crustal layer in semi-arid regions have been found to modify significantly the e. m. anomalies in practice. Therefore, the parameters of the target, determined on the basis of simple models where the presence of the conducting environment is neglected, are found to be in considerable error. The effects of the overburden on the e. m. anomalies of a dipping tabular ore body were studied with reduced scale models for varying response parameters of both the overburden and the orebody, and also for different depths and dips of the target. The overburden and the orebody were represented by metallic sheets of varying thickness in the scale model developed in accordance with the law of electromagnetic similitude. The results of these investigations show that the overburden affects the anomaly by causing: a) phase rotation; b) amplitude reduction; c) base level displacement; d) reversion of the quadrature; and e) appearance of an extra peak in the quadrature in the case of low dipping models. The last two effects complicate the quantification of the anomalies but, on the other hand, provide a qualitative indication of the response parameters of both the ore body and the overburden. The results were assembled in the form of Argand diagrams and, finally, an interpretation scheme is suggested for the e. m. field data on the basis of these diagrams.
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Estudo da cobertura laterítica ferro-aluminosa da aba norte da Serra dos Carajás (PA)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 1993-03-24) SOUZA, Carlos Isaias de Jesus; KOTSCHOUBEY, Basile; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0096549701457340
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Estudo de anomalias eletromagnéticas de um condutor tabular vertical sob camadas parcialmente condutiva em multifrequência e multiseparação através de modelamento analógico
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 1986-05-09) QUEIROZ, Joaquim Carlos Barbosa; VERMA, Om Prakash; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2723609019309173
Partially conducting environment surrouding an one body highly affect its electromagnetic response. Conducting host rock, overburden and disseminated sulphide halo, for example, affect the electromagnetic response in different ways depending upon their electrical properties, areal and geometrical relation with the target, and in particular to the EM system used for prospecting. In the thesis, EM anomalies due to vertical tabular conducting bodies under am overburden, obtained through reduced scale models, are analised for different ground EM systems - horizontal coplanar, vertical coplanar and vertical coaxial - in 8 frequencies between 250 Hz to 35 kHz and the coil separation 0,15; 0,20 and 0,25m. Overburden was simulated by horizontally placed thin stainless steel sheet and the main conducting target by thin aluminium shets placed vertically below the former. The dimensions of these sheets were determined according to the modelling conditions for a plane and half-plane. Various geological situations were represented in modelling using the combinations of the three metallic sheets of varying thicknesses and conductivities to simulate the ore body and another three sheets to simulated the overburden. Set of diagrams are plotted using peak-to-peak in phase and quadrature anomalies for analyzing the results. However, another set of diagrams show that the maximum in phase anomaly occurs when the quadrature countpart is zero at relatively low frequencies when the ore-body together with the overburden is studied. On the other hand, the maximum amplitude in quadrature is obtained at relatively high frequencies when the in phase component attains the minimum, almost zero. With this type of analysis, it was to known the band of frequencies, for each of prospecting systems studied, in wich the EM response of the ore body is least affected by the overburden. Highest response was obtained with the horizontal coplanar system and the least with the vertical coplanar coils. An increase in the separation between the transmitter-receiver resulted in dislocating the peaks to lower frequencies. Widest band of frequencies, in wich the EM response of the body is least affected by the overburden, is obtained in case of vertical coaxial system and narrowest for the horizontal coplanar coils. These results helps us in planning the EM prospecting systems by knowing the position and the band with of frequencies to be used along with otimum transmitter-receiver separation such that the EM response remains free from undesired signals, for example those caused by to overburden.
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Estudo geológico das lateritas aluminosas da Serra de Trucarã (Tucuruí, Estado do Pará)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 1989-05-24) SOUZA, Eliene Lopes de; KOTSCHOUBEY, Basile; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0096549701457340
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Estudos dos efeitos do manto de intemperismo sobre anomalias de VLF geradas por corpos inclinados: modelagem numérica através de programa eGs
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2005-09-02) VOGADO, Gilberto Emanoel Reis; VERMA, Om Prakash; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2723609019309173
In this dissertation I have studied the effect of partially conducting overburden on the VLF anomalies of an underlying inclined conducting half-plane. In tropical climate, overburden is normally well developed due to climatic conditions. This study is realized through numerical modeling using finite elements and algorithms computing the results employing the eGs developed by Luiz Rijo of the Department of Geophysics of the Federal University of Pará, Brazil. In these numerical experiments two geoelectrical situations between the overburden and the underlying half-plane are considered: one when they are in galvanic contact called as “galvanic overburden” and the other when they are not in contact called as “inductive overburden”. The depth, dip and conductance of the half-plane is varied alongwith the conductance of the overburden in this study. The results are presented in the form of Tilt-Angle and Ellipticity profiles. The Ellipticity profiles are highly affected by the presence of both types of the conducting overburden. The minor positive and negative peaks in the central part of the profile disappear as the overburden conductance increases. Initially there is an enhancement in the ellipticity anomaly at the lower conductance of the overburden but then it decreases as the overburden conductance increases. However, the tilt-angle anomalies decrease monotonously. Also, in both the ellipticity and the tilt-angle profiles, the distance between the peaks become shorter due the overburden. Consequently, the target depth is interpreted as shallower than the real. The index of asymmetry, used to determine the dip of the half-plane, is also affected by the overburden. Therefore, the dip determination is hampered in the presence of the overburden. An anticlock wise rotation in Argand diagram due to increase in the overburden conductance, result in interpretation a target of less conductance than the real value. Therefore, the presence of the conducting overburden should be taken into the consideration during interpretation of the VLF anomalies.
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Evolução geológica no cenozóico da região norte entre Açailândia (MA) e Ligação (PA)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2000-06-14) CALAF, José Maria Calaf; KOTSCHOUBEY, Basile; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0096549701457340
The studied area is located along the BR-010 Highway (Belém-Brasília) between the cities of Açailândia (MA) and Ligação do Pará (PA), in the southern part of the Bauxiti-bearing Province of Paragominas and has an extension of about 115 km. In it, two surfaces were distinguished, each one supported by a specific alteritic-sedimentary sequence. The highest surface corresponds to the tops of vast residual plateaus from 360 to 220 m in altitude and presents a slight slope to the north. The other surface, embedded in the first, culminates between 210 m, to the south, and 150 m, to the north, and shows a slight swell. The old lateritic-bauxitic cover that supports the higher surface is constituted by a saprolitic horizon originating from the alteration of clayey or archosean sandstones and claystones from the “Itapecurú Deposits” of the Upper Cretaceous. On the saprolite rests a powerful armor, essentially ferruginous in the extreme south, which, towards the north, is progressively enriched in gibbsite. The first signs of bauxitic levels, still diffuse, are found about 40 km north of Açailândia. This trend is confirmed to the north with the presence of increasingly clear and consistent bauxitic horizons, above and at the base of the ferruginous horizon. Superimposed on this cover and in extremely sharp contact, there is a thick clay capping, the Belterra Clay. The lateritic-bauxitic cover developed in three phases. During the first phase, the ferruginous armor was formed through the ferruginization of the Itapecurú sediments, during the Lower Tertiary. Afterwards, the armor was affected by partial degradation and physical reworking of its products. Remains of older alterites may have also been involved in this process that resulted in deposition of nodular to pseudopisolithic gravel and sandy clay. The third phase, essentially chemical, consisted of the generation of bauxite in areas that presented more favorable climatic and geomorphological conditions. This event probably occurred at the end of the Eocene. The exclusively ferruginous lateritic armor that supports the lower surface has as substrate a reddish clayey sandstone containing small lateritic fragments and quartz pebbles. The cuirass itself has a massive, columnar or nodular structure, and the degraded stone-layer can be found in several places. Its cap is formed by a yellowish clayey-sandy material, rich in quartz grains and disseminated letheritic fragments. This laterite probably formed in the late Pliocene – early Pleistocene. Its substrate can be correlated with the Barreiras Group, while its capping would correspond to the unit called Post-Barreiras further north, in the Ipixuna-Aurora region. The stone-layers quite frequent in the area are located in the same stratigraphic position as the more recent lateritic armor and resulted from in situ degradation of this armor, without significant physical rework. However, locally, colluvial deposits of the glacis type or pediments composed of fragments of ancient armor were identified. The following stages characterized the evolution of the two alteritic-sedimentary sequences: 1- formation of a ferruginous armor from the Itapecurú Deposits; 2- partial degradation of the armor; 3- Bauxitization in the Paleogene; 4- deposition of sediments that later change to Argila de Belterra; 5- major erosive phase and individualization of vast plateaus; 6- filling of the valleys and lowered areas separating the plateaus by sandy-clay sediments correlated with the Barreiras Group and degradation products of the old armor; 7- ferruginization of the sediments from step 6; 8- more or less accentuated degradation of the ferruginous crust from stage 7, giving rise to stone-layers; 9- deposition of clayey-sandy sediments correlated with the Post-Barreiras on the armoring of stage 7 and the stone-layers; 10- dissection and establishment of the current drainage network. Climatic variations and periodic tectonic (epirogenetic) reactivations throughout the Cenozoic were the main factors responsible for this evolution.
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Evolução supergênica do depósito cuprífero Alvo 118 - Província Mineral de Carajás
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2022-12-15) SANTOS, Pabllo Henrique Costa dos; COSTA, Marcondes Lima da; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1639498384851302; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0134-0432
The Carajás Mineral Province is home to one of the most extensive cupriferous belts in the world, where hypogene mineralizations were partially transformed into gossans, later lateritized and/or truncated during landscape evolution. These covers represent an information source for mineral exploration and, in some cases, can be mined together with parental hypogene mineralizations. The plateaus of the South American Surface host complete and lateritized gossans, while the surrounding denuded areas, typical of the Velhas Surface, exhibit incomplete or immature gossans, with the Alvo 118 deposit as an example. In this orebody, the hypogene mineralization was converted into an immature gossan located at depth, while the host rocks were weathered near the surface, forming a mineralized saprolite. The gossan comprises an oxidation zone, which includes goethite, malachite, pseudomalachite, cuprite, tenorite, native copper, ramsbeckite, chrysocolla, and libethenite, with relics of a secondary sulfide zone, represented by chalcocite. These minerals are distributed in the goethite, malachite, cuprite, and libethenite zones, with their mineral successions reflecting the transition of mineralizing solutions from acidic to slightly alkaline conditions and an increase in oxidation potential. This environment was established from the interaction of acid solutions, derived from chalcopyrite dissolution, with the gangue minerals (calcite and apatite) and the host rocks, granodiorites and, secondarily, chloritites, which acted in buffering the system, favoring the formation of new copper-bearing minerals. The strong correlations of CuO with Ag, Te, Pb, Se, Bi, Au, In, Y, U, and Sn in the hypogene mineralization reflect the inclusions of petzite, altaite, galena, uraninite, cassiterite, and stannite in chalcopyrite. In the gossan, Ag, Te, Pb, Se, and Bi remained associated and were incorporated into neoformed copper minerals. On the other hand, Au, In, Y, U, and Sn exhibit greater affinity with iron oxyhydroxides, as well as Zn, As, Be, Ga, Mo and Ni. The δ65Cu values reinforce that the investigated gossan is immature and was not intensely affected by leaching processes. The main mineral phases identified in the saprolite are kaolinite (predominant), associated with chlorite, smectite, vermiculite, quartz, and iron oxyhydroxides. Iron oxyhydroxides are strongly correlated with Ga, Sc, Sn, V, Mn, Co, and Cr, partly derived from the weathering of parent rocks. Additionally, Mössbauer spectroscopy data point to the important role of ferrihydrite and goethite as copper-bearing phases. There is no evidence of copper incorporation by clay minerals. The δ56Fe values indicate a little contribution of primary mineralization to the Fe content of the saprolite, which is more influenced by chlorite weathering. The association Al2O3, Hf, Zr, Th, TiO2, Ce, La, Ba, and Sr represents the geochemical signature of the host rocks, which influence the chemical composition of the three types of mineralization. On the other hand, the association In, Y, Te, Pb, Bi, and Se comprise the main pathfinder elements of the hypogene mineralization. Detailed knowledge of the supergene mineral and geochemical fractionation makes the Alvo 118 deposit a reference guide for investigating immature gossans and mineralized saprolites in denuded areas of the Carajás Mineral Province or equivalent terrains.
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Geologia, mineralogia e geoquímica dos fosfatos de Sapucaia (Bonito - PA)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-10-20) LEITE, Alessandro Sabá; COSTA, Marcondes Lima da; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1639498384851302
The mineral deposit of Sapucaia, located in Bonito county, northeast of Pará state, is part of a set of occurrences of lateritic aluminum phosphates located predominantly along the coastal area of Pará and Maranhão states. These deposits were subjetc for study since the beginning of the last century, when the first descriptions of "phosphorous bauxites" were mentioned in the NW region in Maranhão. In the last decades, with the increase demand for fertilized products for agricultural world market, various mineral exploration projects were started or expanded their resources in Brazilian territory, among them there is the economic viability of deposits of aluminous phosphates, as Sapucaia, which will be the first project of economic mineral production and marketing of thermophosphates of Brazil. This study aimed to characterize the geology, mineral composition and geochemistry of lateritic aluminum phosphates profile of the Sapucaia hill. The macro-region inclued lands mostly dominated by Precambrian to Paleozoic rocks land, locally defined by Pirabas Formation, Barreiras Formation, latosoils and recent sediments. The morphology of the deposit is characterized by a discrete elongated hillock that offers smooth and continuous slopes at its edges, which become rare natural exposures of the laterite profile horizons. So, the methodology used to characterize the deposit was based on the program of geological research performed by “Fosfatar Mining”, hitherto owns their mineral rights, has provide two trenches and samples of 8 drill cores. Sampling was limited to the extent of lithological lateritic profile, with the selection of 44 samples at intervals of 1m, and underwent a course of preparation and laboratory analysis. According with the other occurrences of the Gurupi region, the phosphates of Sapucaia contains an individualized horizon, called simply aluminum phosphates or aluminophosphatic crust, which varies texturally to massive horizon, cavernous, porous microporous, which to the top transitions to phosphate ferroalumino crust, “leopard skin”, cavernous, composed of nodules of hematite and / or goethite cemented by aluminum phosphates, with similar characteristics to the underlying phosphate horizon. The aluminophosphatic crust to the base of the profile transition to a thick horizon kaolinitic clay with sand layers, which rests on weathered heterolithic fine-grained sediments, sericite clay aspect, sometimes interspersed with sandy horizons, and have no apparent correlation with other rocks outcrop in the region. Approximately 40% of the surface of the hill is covered by colluvium composed of mineralized fragments of the crust and sandy sediment from Barreira Formation. In the crust, the aluminum phosphates are predominantly represented by the subgroup of crandallite: i) Crandallite-goyazite (average 57.3%); ii) woodhouseite-svanbergite (average 15.8%); and iii) wardite-millisite (average 5.1%). Associated with phosphates are: hematite, goethite, quartz, kaolinite, muscovite and anatase, with volumes that vary according to the corresponding laterite horizon. As the heavy minerals in the accessory level are zircon, staurolite, tourmaline, anatase, andalusite and sillimanite. The horizon of phosphates and iron phosphate crusts shows be clearly rich in P2O5, and Fe2O3, CaO, Na2O, SrO, SO3, Th, Ta and LREE such as La and Ce relative to the horizon saprolite. The contents of SiO2 are pretty high, but much lower than those identified in lower clay horizon. In profile as a whole, there is an inverse correlation between SiO2 and Al2O3, between Al2O3 and Fe2O3, and positive between SiO2 and Fe2O3, which confirms the nature of the lateritic profile. Different from what is expected by bauxitic laterites, the content of P2O5, CaO, Na2O, SrO and SO3 have a elevated concentration, considered typical of phosphate deposits of aluminum rich in crandallite-goyazite and woodhouseite-svanbergite. The succession of horizons, the mineralogical composition and geochemical patterns allow correlating the deposit with other aluminum phosphates presents in the region, more specifically Jandiá (Pará) and Trauíra (Maranhão), as well as others located beyond the Brazilian territory, thus indicating that the aluminum phosphates of Sapucaia are the genesis of a lateritic mature and a complete profile, products whose source rock may be related to mineralized rocks in phosphorus, such as those observed in Pimenteiras Formation, partially outcropping on the edge of the Parnaíba Basin. Possibly, the current ore body was integrated of Pirabas paleocost sea, since drill holes on the side of the body, made clear the relationship of lateral contact between these units.
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Intemperismo químico de rochas graníticas na zona bragantina nordeste do Pará
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 1980-05-13) GOULART, Antonio Taranto; RONCAL, Juan Rolando Zuleta
Profiles of residual soils derived from granitic rocks which occur in the Bragantina Region, Northeastern Pará, were studied chemically and mineralogically. These soils were developed in an ares of gentle topography and good drainage under tropical conditions with well defined "dry" and rainy seasons. The mineral composition of these soils consists essentially of quartz and with decreasing abundantes also appear kaolinite, muscovite, secondary oxides, feldspar and heavy minerals. This mineral assemblage resulted from the chemical weathering of the parent granitic rocks wh.ose original minerals were decomposed in the following sequence: biotite, feldspars, muscovite, quartz and heavy minerals. The soils are dominantly sandy from which significant amounts of kaolinite, produced during the earlier stages of weathering, were lost in consequente of the intense leaching that is favored by the high pluvial precipitation oves the region. The great stability of quartz under tropical conditions together with the intense leaching of the regolith has led to the development of texturally homogeneous soils in the Bragantina Region.
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O intemperismo tropical como agente de degradação de cadeias de isoladores de alta tensão em subestações na Amazônia Oriental: estudo de caso em Barcarena-PA e São Luís-MA
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2018-11-13) PORFIRIO, Darilena Monteiro; COSTA, Marcondes Lima da; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1639498384851302
The deposition of atmospheric particulates of the Belém-PA region, Barcarena-PA and São Luís-MA and the species geochemical characterization of the can help in understanding the effect of tropical weathering and how it acts in the degradation of chains of high voltage insulators in electrical substations in the Amazon. In the sampling, it was important to evaluate the seasonality (dry and rainy period) performed by 24 monthly surveys between January-2012 and February-2016, using the directional dust deposit gauge - DDDG ABNT NBR IEC 60815-1 (2015) and the wet candles of chloride (ABNT NBR 6211) and the lead oxide (ABNT NBR 6921) were used to determine chloride and sulfate rates, respectively. To characterize the samples of soluble material was made by ion chromatography (IC); the elemental analysis of the insoluble fraction was done by Laserinduced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and the morphology was identified by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the X-ray source (EDS). In the Barcarena-PA rainwater the order of occurrence of the ions was Na+> Cl-> SO4 2- > Ca2+ > K+> F-> NH4 +-N > Mg2-> NO3 - -N. There is a marine contribution of Na+ and Cl- and anthropic of SO4 2-, F- and NO3 --N. The annual mean dust deposition rates of São Luís-MA (7 to 11 mg m -2 day -1) are similar to those of Barcarena-PA (7 to 14 mg m -2 day-1). However, the classification of local pollution severity according to ABNT NBR IEC 60815-1 (2015) is high for Barcarena-PA and medium for São Luís-MA due to conductive deposition (Type B). The deposition rates Cl- /SO4 -2, the presence of F-, SO4 2- and NO3 --N showed greater anthropic impact in the Barcarena-PA substation than in the São Luís-MA substation. Thus, there are indications that the atmospheric corrosively conditions in the study regions and the effects of degradation on the electrical insulators will follow this logic, the intensity and the risk of failure, relating to the more intense industrial anthropic contribution in the SEVC. Since marine, anthropogenic and crustal salt sources increase the potential risk to electrical components in transmission lines.
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Mineralogia e geoquímica do perfil laterito bauxítico na serra Sul, Província Mineral de Carajás
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2020-11-03) RODRIGUES, Paulo Ronny Soares; COSTA, Marcondes Lima da; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1639498384851302
The Amazon holds the largest reserves of bauxites in Brazil, located in Trombetas, Juruti, Paragominas and Rondon do Pará. The Carajás region, with large lateritic deposits, especially of iron, is also emerging with potential for bauxite deposits, with emphasis on those of Serra Norte. In Serras Sul, smaller occurrences were identified, which were investigated in this work. In this context, field activities were carried out with sample collection and textural, mineralogical and chemical analyzes and then a genetic discussion was presented. In four alteration profiles on a side road near the Serra Sul, after geological cartography, 23 samples were collected, which were described, photographed and prepared for mineralogical analysis (X-ray diffraction), textural (optical and scanning electron microscopy) and chemical (mass and optical emission spectrometry, with inductively coupled plasma). The bauxite laterite profile comprises from the base to the top of: 1) Kaolin Horizon (HC); 2) Mottled clay Horizon (HAM); 3) Nodular Bauxite Horizon (HBN); 4) Clayey Bauxite Horizon (HBA) and 5) Ferruginous crust Horizon (HF); and finally to the top 6) Dismantled crust ferruginous horizon (HFD. The chemical composition is essentially dominated by Al2O3, Fe2O3, SiO2 and TiO2, which compose the main minerals, kaolinite, gibbsite, hematite, goethite and anatase. The trace elements V, Cr, Cu, Ga, As, Zr, Cd, Hf, Bi and Th, whose concentrations are generally higher than those of the Upper Crust of the Earth, are more concentrated in the ferruginous horizons, related to Fe oxy-hydroxides (hematite and goethite) and also to zircon. On the other hand, the elements Co, Zn, Se, Rb, Sr, (Nb), Ag, (Sn), Cs, Ba and Pb are at lower levels than theUpper Continental Crust, and their concentrations are lower in ferruginous horizons, suggesting affinity with clay minerals.ETR at levels lower than UCC, are enriched in ETRP and present strong positive and negative C and positive Eu anomaly, and suggest distribution in zircon, oxy-hydroxides of Fe and other mineral phases. and mass clearly demonstrate a complete lateritic evolution, only partially modified in its upper portion. The bauxite zone, however, does not have local potential for ore, due to the low content of usable alumina and high in reactive silica. However, its occurrence opens an opportunity for further research in view of the geological and paleoenvironmental potential of the Mineral Province of Carajás.
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Modelamento eletromagnético analógico de corpos tabulares em contato e sem contato com o manto
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 1989-09-18) NERES, Raimundo Luna; VERMA, Om Prakash; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2723609019309173
In the last three decades, electromagnetic methods are continuing to develop due to their proven usefulness in the search for massive sulfides. In tropical regions, the overburden is usually conducting. However the effect of this conducting layer is seldon taken into account while interpretating the EM data. this can cause considerable interpretation erros. In this work, we considered the overburden in-contact and not in-contact with the underlying conductor. Reduced scale model experiments were carried out to study the effects of the overburden on the EM anomalies of inclined tabular like bodies. With this objective, response parameters of the conductor and the overburden were varied. The target-conductor is represented in the model experiments by stainless steel sheets. These sheets are, larg compared the coil separation in order to simulated the behavior of a half-plane. The overburden is simulated by a conducting solution. To represented the case of a conductive-overburden the model is placed in galvanic contact with the solution. In case of the inductive-overburden the model is coupled to the overburden only inductively and did not have a galvanic contact. This situation is attained by keeping the model 1) totally out of the solution, and 2) partially in the solution but the model is covered by a resistive film to avoid the galvanic contact with the solution. In the presence of inductive-overburden, the anomalies are slightly attenuated. In the quadrature component the profile is inverted and an extra-peak appear in the case of low dipping models at higher induction numbers of the overburden and the model. Also the anomaly suffers a clockwise rotation which is intense for higher induction number of the conductor. Therefore, in the presence of an inductive-overburden the conductor appears to be more conducting and at higher depth than it really is. In the presence of a conductive-overburden, the anomaly amplitude are slightly enhanced and suffer an anticlockwise phase rotation, which is more intense at the lower induction number of the conductor. However, the other effects in the quadrature component, like the inversion and an appearance of the extra-peak, are similar to that of the inductive-overburden. Due to these effects of the conductive-overburden, the conductor appears to be at a shallower depth and less conducting than it actually is. These modifications in anomalies are caused by: a) The primary and secondary EM fields suffering attenuation and phase rotation when passing through a conducting overburden, b) an inductive interaction between the induced currents in the conductor and the overburden, and also, c) a redistribution of the currents in the overburden when the conductor is placed in it. In case of a conductive-overburden, currents are channeled in the conductor which is in galvanic contact with the less conducting overburden. On the other hand when a conductor covered with a resistive film is placed in the conducting solution, the currents are displaced and they crowd in the solution next to the boundary of the resistive film.
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Ocorrência de uma nova bentonita brasileira nos basaltos intemperizados da formação Mosquito, bacia do Parnaíba, sul do Maranhão
(2011-12) PAZ, Simone Patrícia Aranha da; NEVES, Roberto de Freitas; NEUMANN, Reiner; COSTA, Geraldo Magela da
Extensive weathered basalt outcrops can be found in the vicinities of the Formosa da Serra Negra town, southern of Maranhão state, northern Brazil. They exhibit typical clay texture and an enormous potential to be used and explored as bentonite. This work deals with the chemical and mineralogical characterization of this material that has been named as Formosa Bentonite. The main following methods and analytical techniques were used: XRD, XRF, SEM, Mössbauer spectroscopy and CEC in total sample and after grain size separation. Two samples from the main Brazilian "Paraíba bentonites" (Chocolate and Bofe types) were used for comparison purposes. The results show that the Formosa bentonite exhibit some chemical and mineralogical differences in comparison with the two reference samples, although the main and most important feature is the presence of montmorillonite as the major mineral phase.