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Quadrilatero Ferrifero Iron - Aboboras, Aguas Claras, Alegria, Andrade, Bocaina, Caue, Capitao do Mato, Concercao, Corrego do Meio, Casa de Pedra, Capa Xavier, Esperanca, Fabrica, Fazendao, Itatiaiucu, Galinheiro, Jangada, Pico, Tamandua, Timbopeba
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Main commodities: Fe




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2008.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Baltazar, O.F. and Lobato, L.M.,  2020 - Structural Evolution of the Rio das Velhas Greenstone Belt, Quadrilatero Ferrifero, Brazil: Influence of Proterozoic Orogenies on its Western Archean Gold Deposits: in    Minerals (MDPI)   v.10, 38p. doi:10.3390/min10110983.
Barbour A P,  1973 - Distribution of phosphorous in the iron ore deposits of Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil.: in    Econ. Geol.   v32 pp 52-64
Cabral A R, Lehmann B, Galbiatti H F and Rocha Filho O G,   2006 - Evidence for metre-scale variations in hematite composition within the Palaeoproterozoic Itabira Iron Formation, Minas Gerais, Brazil: in    Mineralogical Magazine   v70 pp 591-602
Cabral A R, Rocha Filho O G and Jones R D,  2008 - Mercury in itabirite-hosted soft hematite ore in the Quadrilatero Ferrifero of Minas Gerais: in    J. of Geochemical Exploration   v94 pp 69-76
Cabral A R, Rocha Filho O G, Jones R D  2003 - Hydrothermal origin of soft hematite ore in the Quadrilatero Ferrifero of Minas Gerais, Brazil: petrographic evidence from the Gongo Soco iron ore deposit: in    Trans. IMM (incorp. AusIMM Proc.), Section B, Appl. Earth Sc.   v112 pp 279-286
Cabral A R, Wiedenbeck M, Rios F J, Gomes Jr A A S, Filho O G R and Jones R D,  2012 - Talc mineralisation associated with soft hematite ore, Gongo Soco deposit, Minas Gerais, Brazil: petrography, mineral chemistry and boron-isotope composition of tourmaline: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.47 pp. 411-424
Dalstra, H. and Rosiere, C.A.,  2008 - Structural controls on high-grade iron ores hosted by banded iron formation: A global perspective: in Hagemann S, Rosiere C, Gutzmer J and Beukes N J, (eds.), 2008 Banded Iron Formation-Related High-Grade Iron Ore, Reviews in Economic Geology,   v.15 pp. 73-106
Hensler, A.-S., Rosiere, C.A. and Hagemann, S.G.,  2017 - Iron Oxide Mineralization at the Contact Zone Between Phyllite and Itabirite of the Pau Branco Deposit, Quadrilatero Ferrifero, Brazil - Implications for Fluid-Rock Interaction During Iron Ore Formation: in    Econ. Geol.   v.112, pp. 941-982.
Hoefs J, Muller G, Schuster K  1992 - Polymetamorphic relations of iron ore from the Iron Quadrangle, Brazil; The correlation of oxygen isotope variations with deformational history: in    Contrib. to Mineralogy & Petrology   v79 pp 241-251
Klein, C. and Ladeira, E.A.,  2000 - Geochemistry and Petrology of Some Proterozoic Banded Iron-Formations of the Quadrilatero Ferrifero, Minas Gerais, Brazil: in    Econ. Geol.   v.95, pp. 405-427.
Mendes, M., Lobato, L.M., Kunzmann, M., Halverson, G.P. and Rosiere, C.A.,  2017 - Iron isotope and REE+Y composition of the Caue banded iron formation and related iron ores of the Quadrilatero Ferrifero, Brazil: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.52, pp. 159-180. DOI 10.1007/s00126-016-0649-9.
Pires FRM  2002 - Distribution of Hard Hematite Ores at the Quadrilatero Ferrifero, Minas Gerais, Brazil and its Possible Genetic Significance: in   Proceedings, Iron Ore 2002 Conference, 9-11 September 2002, Perth, Western Australia, The AusIMM, Melbourne,    pp 71-76
Rosiere C A and Rios F J,   2006 - Specularitic iron ores and shear zones in the Quadrilatero Ferrifero: in    Trans. IMM (incorp. AusIMM Proc.), Section B, Appl. Earth Sc.   v115 pp 134-138
Rosiere C A, Spier C A, Rios F J and Suckau V E,  2008 - The Itabirites of the Quadrilatero Ferrifero and Related High-Grade Iron Ore Deposits: An Overview: in Hagemann S, Rosiere C, Gutzmer J and Beukes N J, (eds.), 2008 Banded Iron Formation-Related High-Grade Iron Ore Reviews in Economic Geology   v15 pp 223-254
Rosiere C.A., Siemes H., Quade H., Brokmeier, H.G. and Jansen E.M.,  2001 - Microstructures, textures and deformation mechanisms in hematite.: in    J. of Structural Geology   v.23, pp. 1429-1440.
Rosiere, C.A. and Rios, F.J.,  2004 - The Origin of Hematite in High-Grade Iron Ores Based on Infrared Microscopy and Fluid Inclusion Studies: The Example of the Conceicao Mine, Quadrilatero Ferrifero, Brazil: in    Econ. Geol.   v.99, pp. 611-624.
Rossignol, C., Lana, C. and Alkmim, F.,  2020 - Geodynamic evolution of the Minas Basin, southern Sao Francisco Craton (Brazil), during the early Paleoproterozoic: Climate or tectonic ?: in    J. of South American Earth Sciences   v.101, 22p. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102628.
Selmi, M., Lagoeiro, L.E. and Endo, I.,  2009 - Geochemistry of hematitite and itabirite, Quadrilatero Ferrifero, Brazil: in    Revista Escola de Minas, Ouro Preto   v.62, pp. 35-43.
Spier C A, De Oliveira S M B, Rosiere C A  2003 - Geology and geochemistry of the Aguas Claras and Pico Iron Mines, Quadrilatero Ferrifero, Minas Gerais, Brazil: in    Mineralium Deposita   v38 pp 751-774
Spier C A, de Oliveira S M B, Rosiere C A and Ardisson J D,  2008 - Mineralogy and trace-element geochemistry of the high-grade iron ores of the Aguas Claras Mine and comparison with the Capao Xavier and Tamandua iron ore deposits, Quadrilatero Ferrifero, Brazil : in    Mineralium Deposita   v43 pp 229-254
Spier C A, de Oliveira S M B, Sial A N and Rios F J,   2007 - Geochemistry and genesis of the banded iron formations of the Caue Formation, Quadrilatero Ferrifero, Minas Gerais, Brazil: in    Precambrian Research   v152 pp 170-206
Spier C A, Vasconcelos P M and de Oliveiraa S M B  2007 - 40Ar/39Ar geochronological constraints on the evolution of lateritic iron deposits in the Quadrilatero Ferrifero, Minas Gerais, Brazil: in    Chemical Geology   v234 pp 79-104
Spier, C.A., Levett, A. and Rosiere, C.A.,  2019 - Geochemistry of canga (ferricrete) and evolution of the weathering profile developed on itabirite and iron ore in the Quadrilatero Ferrifero, Minas Gerais, Brazil: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.54, pp. 983-1010.


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