2018-11-302018-11-302018-07-23SILVA, Luciano Castro da. Morfologia e química mineral de zircão e cassiterita, em concentrados de bateia, como guia prospectivo para mineralizações de Sn na Província Estanífera de Rondônia. Orientador: Claudio Nery Lamarão. 2018. 63 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Geologia e Geoquímica) - Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, 2018. Disponível em: http://repositorio.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/2011/10430. Acesso em:.https://repositorio.ufpa.br/handle/2011/10430The contents of trace elements in certain minerals could help to revels tectonic, petrologic, hydrothermal or weathering processes which it was submitted. In addition to being a common accessory mineral, chemically and physically resistant to sedimentary transport and weather, high temperature metamorphic processes and anatexia, the abundance of certain trace elements in igneous zircons has allowed a connection with its type of rock source, its environment of crystallization and with certain mineral deposits. High levels of Hf and low Zr / Hf ratios in zircons are characteristic of mineralized granites in Sn and associated metals (Nb, Ta, ETR, etc.). Concentrations of Y and Nb, elements slightly mobile in aqueous environment, of granites type A can be used as good indicators of the crustal or juvenile nature of the magmas from which these rocks crystallized. Zircon crystals tend to incorporate Y and Nb in their structure and may present Y / Nb ratios close to the initial ratio of their generating magma. From the morphology and composition of zircon detrital crystals, it is possible to estimate the number of sedimentary rocks in the active river beds and their transport distance. The chemical compositions of cassiterites can also be used to indicate sources and generating processes. The present work is based on MEV images and semiquantitative analyzes by EDS (Energy Dispersive Spectrometry) of zircon and cassiterite detrital crystals from baton concentrate of the Rondônia Tin-Province (RTP). The main objective is to characterize the sources of these minerals, to confirm the location of deposits in exploration and to indicate potential areas for the prospection of Sn and associated metals. The use of morphology and mineral chemistry of detrital grains on a regional scale could be used as a fast and efficient tool for the prospecting of certain mineral goods. The work area, located in RTP, north-central portion of State Rondônia, is contained in the sheets Alto Jamari SC-20-Y-B and Ariquemes SC-20-V-D, both mapped by CPRM in the 1: 250,000 scale. Samples of baton concentrate from these projects were collected in active drainage from an initial volume of 20 liters of sediment retained between strainer of 5 and 0.5 mm. From these concentrates, light minerals were separated by micro-batting with water, heavy liquids (bromoform), magnetic by hand Nd magnet, and crystals of zircon (one hundred grains) and cassiterite (all grains screened in 5g of concentrate) using a binocular loupe, in addition of criteria such as color, granulometry and morphology representative of the populations of these minerals. Subsequently, zircon and cassiterite mounts were prepared for MEV / EDS analysis. The zircon crystals with contents of Hf>3% were interpreted as coming from rocks with high potential to mineralization in Sn and associated metals. These crystals were used in the geostatistical treatment and compared with the geographic positioning of mines and digging of Sn, known in the study area, to verify the veracity of the method. The geostatistical treatment used the ordinary kriging method and, from the results, isoteores curves were generated. The isothermal maps, using Zr / Hf ratios in detrital zircons of baton concentrate, were efficient because they coincided with known cassiterite deposits in the region. In the area selected for this study a significant compositional and morphological variety of zircon detrital grains were identified. Even in the most Hf enriched crystals (Hf>3%), these contents and their Zr / Hf ratios vary strongly. The most altered crystals tend to be more enriched in Hf and have lower Zr / Hf ratios, are more fractured and fragile to transport, indicating proximal sources. On the other hand, the less altered grains have low Hf contents, high Zr / Hf ratios and show little to moderately rounded, indicating proximal to intermediate sources. While Zr and Hf are variable within the same grain, the contents of Y and Nb are virtually constant. In the ternary diagram Hf-Nb-Y, the zircons of the RTP are enriched in Nb and impoverished in Y, while in the South of Pará Tin-Province (SPTP) and Pitinga they present Y enrichment and Nb impoverishment. The high values of Nb in the zircons of RTP and those of Y in the SPTP are interpreted here as a response of the magmatic source where they were formed. While the zircons of RTP are from rocks with positive εNd (t) values close to zero, the εNd (t) values of the SPTP are strongly negative. Thus, it can be assumed that zircons with high Y / Nb ratios would come from predominantly crustal sources, while zircons with low Y / Nb ratios would have mixed (crustal and mantle) sources. Cassiterite crystals of this study are prismatic or granular, with pyramidal terminations, bordered edges, suggesting absente to moderate sedimentary transport. They have high purity content (Sn between 73 and 79%) with concentrations of substitution cations of Sn around 1.5%. The high relative contents of Nb and Ta indicate magmatic sources and the subordinate Ti and Fe contents show the hydrothermal stage in which these minerals were generated.Acesso AbertoZircãoCassiteritaMicroscopia eletrônica de varreduraProvíncia Estanífera de RondôniaRondônia - EstadoDissertaçãoCNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::GEOCIENCIAS::GEOLOGIA::GEOQUIMICAPETROLOGIA E EVOLUÇÃO CRUSTALGEOQUÍMICA E PETROLOGIA