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Carajas IOCG Province - Sossego Sequeirinho, Salobo, Cristalino, Igarape Bahia Alemao, Gameleira, Estrela, Grota Funda, Furnas, Alvo 118, Igarape Cinzento Alvo GT46, Aguas Claras, Antas, Pedra Branca, Visconde, Castanha, Bacaba, Jatoba, Bacuri
Para, Brazil
Main commodities: Cu Au




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2015.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Bettencourt, J.S., Juliani, C., Xavier, R.P., Monteiro, L.V.S., Bastos Neto, A.C., Klein, E.L., Assis, R.R., Leite Jr., W.B., Moreto, C.P.N., Fernandes, C.M.D. and Pereira, V.P., Vit  2016 - Metallogenetic systems associated with granitoid magmatism in the Amazonian Craton: An overview of the present level of understanding and exploration significance: in    J. of South American Earth Sciences   v.68, pp. 22-49.
Carneiro, L de S, Moreto, C.P.N., Monteiro, L.V.S., Xavier, R.P.,  2023 - Geochemical signatures of the Neoarchean and Paleoproterozoic copper systems in the Carajas Mineral Province, NW Brazil: Implications for metal endowment: in    J. of Geochemical Exploration   v.254, doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2023.107306
Dutra, L.F., Louro, V.H.A, and Monteiro, L.V.S.,  2023 - The southern IOCG and hydrothermal nickel mineralization trend of the Carajas Mineral Province: Airborne geophysical and remote sensing evidences for structural controls and hydrothermal signature: in    Journal of Applied Geophysics,   v.213, doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2023.105016.
Haddad-Martim, P.M., Carranza, E.J.M., de Souza Filho, C.R.,  2018 - The Fractal Nature of Structural Controls on Ore Formation: The Case of the Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposits in the Carajas Mineral Province, Brazilian Amazon: in    Econ. Geol.   v.113, pp. 1499-1524.
Lacasse, C.M., Ganade, C.E., Mathieu, L., Teixeira, N.A., Lopes, L.B.L. and Monteiro, C.F.,  2020 - Restoring original composition of hydrothermally altered Archean metavolcanic rocks of the Carajas Mineral Province (Brazil): Geodynamic implications for the transition from lid to mobile tectonics: in    Lithos   v.372-373, 17p. doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105647.
Marschik, R., Mathur, R., Ruiz, J., Leveille, R.A. and de Almeida, A.J.,  2005 - Late Archean Cu-Au-Mo mineralization at Gameleira and Serra Verde, Carajas Mineral Province, Brazil: constraints from Re-Os molybdenite ages: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.39, pp. 983-991.
Melo G.H.C., Monteiro L.V.S., Moreto C.P.N., Xavier, R.P. and Silva, M.A.D.,  2014 - Paragenesis and evolution of the hydrothermal Bacuri iron oxide-copper-gold deposit, Carajas Province (PA): in    Brazilian Journal of Geology,   v.44, pp. 73-90. doi: 10.5327/Z2317-4889201400010007.
Melo, G.H.C., Monteiro, L.V.S., Hunger, R.B., Toledo, P.I.R., Xavier, R.P., Zhao, X.-F., Su, Z.-K., Moreto, C.P.N. and Jesus, S.D.S.G.P.D.,  2021 - Magmatic-hydrothermal fluids leaching older seafloor exhalative rocks to form the IOCG deposits of the Carajás Province, Brazil: Evidence from boron isotopes: in    Precambrian Research   v.365, doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106412.
Moreto, C.P.N., Monteiro, L.V.S., Xavier, R.P., Amaral, W.S., Santos T.J.S. dos, Juliani, C. and Souza Filho C.R.,  2011 - Mesoarchean (3.0 and 2.86 Ga) host rocks of the iron oxide-Cu-Au Bacaba deposit, Carajas Mineral Province: U-Pb geochronology and metallogenetic implications: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.46, pp. 789-811.
Moreto, C.P.N., Monteiro, L.V.S., Xavier, R.P., Creaser, R.A., DuFrane, S.A., Melo, G.H.C., Delinardo da Silva, M.A., Tassinari, C.G. and Sato, K.,  2015 - Timing of multiple hydrothermal events in the iron oxide-copper-gold deposits of the Southern Copper Belt, Carajas Province, Brazil: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.50, pp. 517-546. doi:10.1007/s00126-014-0549-9.
Pestilho, A.L.S., Monteiro, L.V.S., de Melo, G.H.C., Moreto, C.P.N., Juliani, C., Fallick, A.E. and Xavier, R.P.,  2020 - Stable isotopes and fluid inclusion constraints on the fluid evolution in the Bacaba and Castanha iron oxide-copper-gold deposits, Carajas Mineral Province, Brazil: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.126, doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103738.
Pollard, P.J., Taylor, R.G., Peters, L., Matos, F., Freitas, C., Saboia, L. and Huhn, S.,  2019 - 40Ar-39Ar dating of Archean iron oxide Cu-Au and Paleoproterozoic granite-related Cu-Au deposits in the Carajas Mineral Province, Brazil: implications for genetic models: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.54, pp. 329-346.
Porter T M,  2010 - Current Understanding of Iron Oxide Associated-Alkali Altered Mineralised Systems: Part II, A Review: in Porter T M, (Ed),  2010 Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold and Related Deposits: A Global Perspective, PGC Publishing, Adelaide   v.3 pp. 33-106
Riehl, W. and Cabral, A.R.,  2018 - Meta-evaporite in the Carajas mineral province, northern Brazil: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.53, pp. 895-902
Rossignol, C., Antonio, P.Y.J., Narduzzi, F., Rego, E.S., Teixeira, L., de Souza, R.A., Avila, J.N., Silva, M.A.L., Lana, C., Trindade, R.I.F., Philippot, P.,  2021 - Unraveling one billion years of geological evolution of the southeastern Amazonia Craton from detrital zircon analyses: in    Geoscience Frontiers   v.12, 24p. doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2021.101202.
Santiago, E.S.B., Xaviera, R.P., Hagemann, S.G. Monteiro, L.V.S. and Cliff, J.,  2021 - Multiple sulfur isotopes constraints on origin and evolution of the Neoarchean and Paleoproterozoic Cu-Au systems from the Carajas Domain, Amazonian Craton, Brazil: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.129, doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103872.
Schutesky, M.E. and de Oliveira C.G.,  2020 - From the roots to the roof: An integrated model for the Neoarchean Carajas IOCG System, Brazil: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.127, 20p. doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103833.
Skirrow, R.G.,  2021 - Iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposits - a review (part 1): settings, mineralogy, ore geochemistry, and classification within the Cu-Au-Fe (±Co, REE) deposit family: in    Preprint accepted Nov 2021, for Ore Geology Reviews,    71p. doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104569
Teixeira, N.A., Campos, L.D., Paula, R.R.D., Lacasse, C.M., Ganade, C.E., Monteiro, C.F., Lopes, L.B.L., Oliveira, C.G.D.,  2021 - Carajas Mineral Province - Example of metallogeny of a rift above a cratonic lithospheric keel: in    J. of South American Earth Sciences   v.108, doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2020.103091
Toledo, P., Moreto, C.P.N., Xavier, R.P., Gao, J., Matos, J.H. and Melo, G.H.C.,  2019 - Multistage Evolution of the Neoarchean (ca. 2.7 Ga) Igarape Cinzento (GT-46) Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cinzento Shear Zone, Carajas Province, Brazil: in    Econ. Geol.   v.114, pp. 1-34.
Toledo, P.I.F., Moreto, C.P.N., Monteiro, L.V.S., Melo, G.H.C., Matos, F.M.V., Xavier, R.P., Carvalho, J.A., Medeiros Filho C.A., Navarro, M.S. and Lana C.C.,  2024 - Breaking up the temporal link between granitic magmatism and iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) deposits in the Carajas Mineral Province, NW Brazil: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.59, pp. 601-625.
Trunfull, E.F., Hagemann, S.G., Xavier, R.P. and Moreto, C.P.N.,  2020 - Critical assessment of geochronological data from the Carajas Mineral Province, Brazil: Implications for metallogeny and tectonic evolution: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.121, doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103556.
Xavier, R.P., Monteiro, L.V.S., Moreto, C.P.N., Pestilho, A.L.S., de Melho, G.H.C., Delinardo da Silva, M.A., Aires, B., Ribeiro, C. and Freitas e Silva, F.H.,  2012 - The Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Systems of the Carajás Mineral Province, Brazil: in    Society of Economic Geologists,   Special Publication 16, Chapter 17, pp. 433-454.


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