Gold deposits and occurrences of the Crixás Goldfield, central Brazil (original) (raw)

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The Crixás Goldfield is a part of the Tocantins province and consists of a ~2.9 Ga Archean granite–greenstone terrane. The gold field contains one large deposit (Mina III, 65 tons Au) and several smaller occurrences, which are structurally controlled by regional shear zones that are either thrust or strike-slip faults. The deposits can be classified as auriferous massive sulfide (pyrrhotite + arsenopyrite) hosted ores within sulfidized banded iron formations, auriferous quartz veins, and disseminated gold ores in carbonaceous schists. On a more local scale, the ore bodies coincide with dilation zones surrounded by hydrothermal alteration haloes of various widths within carbonaceous schists, iron formations, and metabasalts. Hydrothermal alteration related to deposits within thrust faults consists of sulfidization and carbonatization, whereas, within strike-slip faults, propylitic, potassic, and sericitic alteration zones occur in concentric haloes. In both cases, quartz veins and veinlets may be abundant. Absolute ages of mineralization are uncertain, but structural data suggest multiple events probably occurred during Archean, Paleoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic tectonic events.

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1. Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de Brasília, P.O. Box 04421, Brasília 70919-970, Brazil
   Hardy Jost & Paulo de Tarso Ferro de Oliveira Fortes

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Jost, H., de Tarso Ferro de Oliveira Fortes, P. Gold deposits and occurrences of the Crixás Goldfield, central Brazil.Min Dep 36, 358–376 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001260100171

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• Received: 14 November 1999
• Accepted: 18 February 2001
• Published: 24 May 2001
• Issue Date: July 2001
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s001260100171

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