2022-11-032022-11-031990-01-14FERREIRA, Rosângela Sales. Aspectos termodinâmicos relacionados com a gênese e alteração de minerais de cobre em clima tropical úmido (região da Serra dos Carajás-PA. Orientador: Waterloo Napoleão de Lima. 1990. 107 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Geoquímica) - Curso de Pós-Graduação em Geociências, Centro de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, 1990. Disponível em: http://repositorio.ufpa.br:8080/jspui/handle/2011/14934. Acesso em:.https://repositorio.ufpa.br/handle/2011/14934Copper deposits belonging to the volcano-sedimentary sequence (Salobo 3 A and Bahia) and the Serra Verde supergenic enrichment deposit are objects of study in this work, located in the Carajás Mineral Province (Municipality of Parauapebas, State of Pará). For chemical-mineralogical characterization, we proceeded: (1) X-ray diffractometry; (2) chemical analysis (colorimetry and atomic absorption spectrophotometry); and (3) the use of stoichiometric calculation, providing data capable of contributing to the clarification of the geochemical behavior of copper species and associated minerals in weathering profiles. In order to examine in more detail the geochemical changes inferred in the geological environments of the three deposits (Salobo 3A, Bahia and Serra Verde), a theoretical study was carried out on thermodynamic parameters, compiled in the literature, and such data were manipulated in the calculation of free energies. of Gibbs and of the equilibrium constants of the reactions for the considered chemical systems. This study involved the equilibrium relationships between the minerals biotite (Fe), chlorite (Fe), montmorillonite (Fe), tremolite (actinolite), kaolinite, geothite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, bornite, brochantite, azurite, malachite and pseudomalachite, from the copper deposits in the Serra dos Carajás region. The objective was the elaboration of stability diagrams of these minerals. A brief experimental study was also carried out, by carrying out measurements of Eh and pH, in the laboratory, by dissolving the sampled material in distilled water, in order to frame such data in an Eh-pH diagram, existing in the scientific literature. , in an attempt to obtain information about the acidic, basic, oxidizing and reducing characteristics of the species contained in the samples under study. The theoretical thermodynamic study concerns the applicability of calculations related to the solubility product and the Gibbs free energy. The final composition resulting from the joint use of the experimental work with the theoretical investigation allowed to verify the stabilities of the detected mineral species, being possible to confirm the field observations. For Serra Verde, the thermodynamic calculations clearly demonstrated that the stability of the detected supergenic copper minerals grows in the order malachite-azurite-brochantite-pseudomalachite. The reactions suggested in the work reveal that both bornite and chalcopyrite underwent alterations in an oxidizing medium (positive and somewhat high Eh), producing the aforementioned supergenic minerals. For Salobo, this study shows the possibility of determining the stability fields of primary and altered silicates from the copper host rock, as well as the stability fields of copper and iron sulphides (bornite and chalcopyrite), enabling the formation of brochantite, which occurs locally in the study area. For the occurrence of Bahia, the stability field was determined in the same way as for Salobo, with chalcopyrite being found there in a disseminated form.Acesso AbertoAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Brazilhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/br/Geoquímica-Serra dos Carajás-ParáTermodinâmica-Serra dos Carajás-ParáAlteração de Minerais-Serra dos Carajás-ParáDissertaçãoCNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::GEOCIENCIAS::GEOLOGIAMINERALOGIA E GEOQUÍMICAGEOQUÍMICA