Tipologia de zircao e razao inicial Sr87/86Sr em series granitoides

Sr87/86Sr initial ratio data based on the isochrons from 22 granitoid complexes of Brasiliano age (Late Precambrian) from S and E Brazil are presented. The complexes have been classified into different rock series with the aid of zircon typology. A correlation between the initial ratio and the zircon typology can be determined. Of particular interest is the systematic decrease of the Sr87/86Sr initial ratio in the range from the low, through medium to the high temperature calc-alkaline series which could indicate a gradual increasing of mantle material in the genesis of calc-alkaline granitoid of progressive greater depths. -from English summary

Estruturas, arquitetura e evolucao do Complexo Granitoide Itaqui (SP)

The Itaqui Granitoid Complex is a drop shaped WNW-ESE trending intrusion with its head' at west. Its contacts with the low-grade metamorphic rocks of the Sao Roque Group are intrusive at west, northwest, north and northeast, and tectonic at south and northeast. The complex is built up by four main intrusive phases which characterize a rising and unroofing process. Petrographically the Itaqui granite comprises five distinct magmatic associations in nine igneous units. -from English summary

Tectonic setting and U/Pb zircon dating of the plutonic Socorro Complex in the Transpressive Rio Paraíba do Sul Shear Belt, SE Brazil

The Precambrian Rio Paraíba do Sul Shear Belt comprises a 200-km-wide anastomosing network of NE-SW trending ductile shear zones extending over 1000 km of the southeastern coast of Brazil. Granulitic, gneissic-migmatitic, and granitoid terrains as well as low- to medium-grade metavolcanosedimentary sequences are included within it. These rocks were affected by strong contractional, tangential tectonics, due to west-northwestward oblique convergence of continental blocks. Subsequent transpressional tectonics accomodated large dextral, orogen-parallel movements and shortening. The plutonic Socorro Complex is one of many deformed granites with a foliation subparallel to that of the shear belt and exposes crosscutting relationships between its tectonic, magmatic, and metamorphic structures. These relationships point to a continuous magmatic evolution related to regional thrusts and strike slip, ductile shear zones. The tectonic and magmatic structural features of the Serra do Lopo Granite provide a model of emplacement by sheeting along shear zones during coeval strike-slip and cross shortening of country rocks. Geochronological data indicate that the main igneous activity of Socorro Complex spanned at least 55 million years, from the late stage of the northwestward ductile thrusting (650 Ma), through right-lateral strike slip (595 Ma) deformation. The country rocks yield discordant age data, which reflect a strong imprint of the Transamazonian tectono-metamorphic event (1.9 to 2.0 Ma). We propose a model for the origin of calcalkaline granites of the Ribeira Belt by partial melting of the lower crust with small contributions of the lithospheric mantle during transpressional thickening of plate margins, which were bounded by deep shear zones. The transpressional regime also seems to have focused granite migration from deeper into higher crustal levels along these shear zones.

Structural and geochronological studies of the Médio Coreaú domain, NE Brazil: Constraints on Brasiliano/Pan-African tectonic evolution in the NW part of the Borborema Province

Recent structural investigations and geochronological studies of rocks from the Médio Coreaú domain in the NW part of northeast Brazil's Borborema Province provide important constraints on the tectonic evolution of the region both preceeding and during the assembly of West Gondwana. Field observations of structural features and fabrics have revealed the presence of four distinct deformational phases in the MCD: D1, D2, D3 and D4. Only the early Paleoproterozoic gneisses record the D1 tectonic event and its preservation is cryptic owing to strong overprinting by the subsequent tectonic phases. The D2, D3 and D4 events affected younger supracrustal rocks and Neoproterzoic magmatic units, and U-Pb geochronological constraints show that all of these tectonic phases represent deformational events that occurred during Brasiliano collision between the West African craton and the NW part of the Borborema Province. The D2 phase, lasting between ca. 622 and 591 Ma, represents a frontal collision stage, which generated NW verging thrust-nappe systems, low-angle foliation, high-grade metamorphism and crustal anatexis. Transition to a strike-slip regime (D3) occurred at around 591 Ma when the region entered a phase of escape tectonics. During this time, the motion of crustal blocks towards NE and E was accommodated along numerous anastomosing shear zones. Syntectonic emplacement of granitoid plutons took place in transtensional domains of the shear zone system. The intrusion of late tectonic granitoids and rapid uplift and cooling of the orogen around 560 Ma as a result of D4 transpressional movements marked the end of the D3 transcurrent regime. These findings show that only the early Paleoproterozoic gneisses in the Médio Coreaú domain are polycyclic in nature. Rather than representing distinct orogenic events, the D2, D3 and D4 tectonic phases are a manifestation of progressive deformational events that developed in response to changes in the regional stress field during convergence and collision between the Borborema Province and its surrounding cratons.

Contexto tectônico dos granitóides neoproterozóicos da faixa de dobramentos paraguai, MS e MT

The Neoproterozoic Granitic Province from the southeast of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul region is constituted by seven distinctive granitic bodies, emplaced in the epimetamorphic rocks of the Cuiabá Group and related to the evolution of Paraguai Folded Belt. The Northern portion crops out in Mato Grosso State and is constituted by São Vicente, Araguaiana and Lajinha batholiths; the Southern portion crops out in the Mato Grosso do Sul State and is represented the Sonora, Coxim Rio Negro and Taboco massifs. The structural evolution is evidenced by the presence of three deformational phases, the first one is characterized by axial planar foliation (S 1), parallel or sub parallel to S 0, with attitude N60E/70NW; the second constitutes the most important phase for the tectonic arrangement and is defined by a slaty and/or crenulation cleavages (S 2), with attitude N10W/30SW and contact metamorphism associated to the emplacement of granitic bodies, the third phase is characterized by a weak retrometamorphic cleavage (S 3) with attitude N10E/ 80NW, that evolves local and gradually to strike-slip shear zones. The geological data suggest that this province was formed syn- to post tectonic to the D2 deformational set associated to the end of the collisional event in the Southeastern of the Amazonian Craton.

Geocronologia do maciço Granítico Sararé no SW do Cráton Amazônico

Sararé Massif occurs in the southwest Mato Grosso state intruded into Mesoproterozoic units of the Jauru Block inside the Amazonian Craton. It presents an extension of approximately 80 km2 and NW-SE tectonic structures control the elongated shape. It is constituted by three major monzogranitic petrographic facies, represented by leucocratic, reddish, isotropic, equi-inequigranular to locally porphyritic rocks. The composition indicates S-type, peraluminous, with indicatives of late- to post-kinematic magmatism. Geochronological studies with 40Ar/39Ar in biotites and muscovites resulted in ages of 903 to 906 Ma was interpreted as massif rocks cooling period and U-PB 917 ± 18 Ma. ages points to the crystallization of the intrusive body. The massif is formed by melting of material of the upper crust, in an environment of continental collision and/or of post-collisional decompression at the ending of the Aguapeí-Sunsás event, in more stable environments of consolidation and tectonic stabilization of the Amazonian Craton.

Evolução geológica dos batólitos granitóides neoproterozóicos do sudeste do estado de são paulo

The Neoproterozoic granitogenesis related to the Central Mantiqueira Province comprise the calc alkaline to alkaline granitoid complexes of Sorocaba, San Francisco, São Roque, Ibiúna and Piedade. These complexes occur in a ruptil tectonic to tardi (Sn+3) event. The emplacement of the different facies in transtractives structures of the pull-apart type are characterized in the area by the main transcurrent shear zones of Taxaquara-Pirapora, Itu-Jundiuvira, Moreiras, Cangüera and Caucáia of ENE-WSW general direction. The massifs present complex internal architecture characterized by intrusions in restrict initial phase of intermediate equigranular nature. Also present a main phase of porfiroid monzo and sienogranite that fragments the previous phase, followed by lateral accretion of equi to inequigranular material, and in some cases by the accretion of late phases of circular bodies of porfiroid rapakivi granites, and a late to final phase of aplitic to pegmatitic composition. This magmatism grew with the intrusions of successive magmatic pulses, partially controlled by many reactivations of the shear zones. The REE also suggest that the magmatic phases are similar, synchronous and repetitive in four of the complexes in both domains, present in the São Francisco Complex. The crystallization starts from accretion processes, but compositionally quite different from the others. The variation in compositions and ages (TDM) for these granites reflect the derivation from different sources developed under different magmatic conditions, followed by processes of contamination that frequently occur in the crust.

Radon emissions related to the granitic Precambrian shield in southern Brazil

The equivalent uranium (eU) activity concentration was analysed in selected granite samples at several sites in Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil, to obtain information on the radon (222Rn) generation by the aquifer rock matrices. Radon analyses of ground water and soil samples were also performed. Several samples exhibited a dissolved 222Rn activity concentration exceeding the World Health Organization maximum limit of 100 Bq l-1. The dissolved radon content in ground waters from the Fractured Precambrian Aquifer System exhibited a direct significant correlation with the eU in the rock matrices, which is a typical result of water-rock interactions. Variation in the soil's porosity was confirmed as an important factor for 222Rn release, as expected, due to its gaseous nature. Thus, although the calcic-alkaline to alkaline Precambrian granitoid rocks of the study area are important reservoirs for underground resources, they can release high amounts of radon gas into the liquid phase. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Crustal growth in the 3.4-2.7Ga São José de Campestre Massif, Borborema Province, NE Brazil

The Archean (3.45-2.70Ga) rocks of the São José do Campestre Massif (SJCM) in the Borborema Province (NE Brazil) make up a small area (~6000km2) and are composed of granitoids and metasupracrustal rocks that define a complex magmatic and deformational history. The massif provides the opportunity to study mantle- and crustal-derived magmas generated since the Palaeoarchean. The orthogneisses of the SJCM are composed of: (1) tonalite to granodiorite with diorite enclaves (Bom Jesus gneiss, 3412±8Ma; TDM Nd model ages from 4.1 to 3.5Ga and negative epsilon Nd values); (2) biotite and ferroan-diopside monzogranite (Presidente Juscelino complex, 3356±21Ma and 3251±44Ma; TDM model ages range from 4.1 to 3.4Ga and epsilon Nd values that are slightly positive to negative); (3) hornblende tonalite to granodiorite (Brejinho complex, 3333±77Ma and 3187±8Ma; dominantly positive epsilon Nd values and TDM ages from 3.6 to 3.2Ga); (4) biotite monzogranite (São Pedro do Potengi gneiss, 3120±22Ma; TDM =3.5Ga; negative epsilon Nd value); (5) ferroan-diopside-grossular anorthosite and metagabbro (Senador Elói de Souza complex, 3033±3Ma); and (6) quartz diorite to syenogranite (São José do Campestre complex; 2685±9Ma and 2655±4Ma; negative epsilon Nd values and TDM ages from 3.9 to 3.3Ga). The orthogneisses are subalkaline to faintly alkaline, magnesian to ferroan, M- and I-type granitoids that follow either the K-enrichment or the trondhjemite trends. Each group has a subset with REE characteristics similar to Archean TTG and another that is analogous to Phanerozoic granitoids. They have negative Ta-Nb and Ti anomalies and have trace element contents of granitoids from subduction zones. Geochemical and Nd isotope data suggest that subducted oceanic crust and a depleted and metasomatised mantle wedge both acted as the magma sources. We propose a convergent tectonic model in which hybridisation of the upper mantle occurs through interactions with adakitic or trondhjemitic melts and recycling of earlier crust. The results imply that both the subducted oceanic crust and the mantle wedge played major roles in continent formation throughout successive episodes of arc accretion in Palaeo- and Mesoarchean times. The Archean rocks of the SJCM shares some similarities with the Pilbara, Kaapvaal, West African, and São Francisco cratons. However, the most reliable comparisons with the SJCM are with the neighbouring basement of the Nigeria and Cameroon shields. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.

Estudo de viabilidade hidrogeológica através de métodos geofísicos no Condomínio Villa Verde, Araçariguama-SP

Pós-graduação em Geologia Regional - IGCE

Caracterização estrutural, metamórfica e geoquímica da zona interna da faixa Brasília, a Sul de Goiânia

Pós-graduação em Geologia Regional - IGCE

U-Pb SHRIMP and 40Ar/39Ar constraints on the timing of mineralization in the Paleoproterozoic Caxias orogenic gold deposit, São Luís cratonic fragment, Brazil

Caxias é um depósito de ouro orogênico do fragmento cratônico São Luís, que é correlacionável aos terrenos Riacianos do Cráton Oeste-Africano. O depósito se formou após o metamorfismo regional (estimado em 2100 ± 15 Ma) e está hospedado em zona de cisalhamento que secciona xistos do Grupo Aurizona (2240 ± 5 Ma) e o Microtonalito Caxias. O microtonalito foi aqui datado em 2009 ± 11 Ma, e representa um estágio magmático tardio na evolução do fragmento cratônico São Luís. Cristais de zircão com idades de 2139 ± 10 Ma foram herdados da fonte magmática ou são produto de contaminação durante a intrusão. A composição dos isótopos de chumbo sugere que granitoides de arco de ilhas de ca. 2160 Ma são a fonte provável para o Pb incorporado na pirita relacionada com o minério. Sericita hidrotermal mostra idade ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar de 1990 ± 30 Ma, que, combinada com a idade de posicionamento do microtonalito hospedeiro, limita o evento mineralizador ao intervalo 2020-1960 Ma.

Batólito Guaporeí: uma extensão do Complexo Granitoide Pensamiento em Mato Grosso, SW do Cráton Amazônico

O Batólito Guaporeí é um corpo de aproximadamente 240 km² alongado segundo a direção NW, localizado na região de Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, estado de Mato Grosso. Situa-se nos domínios da Província Rondoniana-San Ignácio, no Terreno Paraguá, na porção meridional do Cráton Amazônico. É formado por monzogranitos e, subordinadamente, granodioritos, quartzo-monzonitos e sienogranitos, caracterizados por granulação grossa e textura, em geral, porfirítica a porfiroclástica. Possui biotita como mineral máfico primário, por vezes, associada a anfibólio, e encontra-se metamorfizado na fácies xisto verde, exibindo estrutura milonítica, em estreitas zonas de cisalhamento. Evidências geoquímicas indicam que essas rochas derivam de um magma cálcio-alcalino de alto potássio a shoshonítico, metaluminoso a levemente peraluminoso evoluído por cristalização fracionada associada à assimilação crustal, possivelmente gerado em ambiente de arco continental. Duas fases de deformação relacionadas à Orogenia San Ignácio, caracterizadas pelo estiramento e alinhamento mineral evidenciadas pelas foliações S₁ e S₂, foram identificadas nestas rochas. Foi obtida pelo método de evaporação de Pb em zircão uma idade de 1.314 ± 3 Ma, interpretada como idade de cristalização do corpo granítico. Dados Sm-Nd em rocha total indicam idade modelo T_DM em torno de 1,7 Ga e valor negativo para _{εNd (t = 1,3)} (-14), corroborando a hipótese de envolvimento crustal na gênese do magma. Os resultados obtidos apontam semelhanças entre essas rochas e aquelas de região adjacente em território boliviano, sugerindo que o Granito Guaporeí representa uma extensão do Complexo Granitoide Pensamiento.

Evolução dos fluidos mineralizantes e modelo genético dos veios de quartzo auríferos em zona de cisalhamento do depósito Ouro Roxo, Província Tapajós, Jacareacanga (PA), Brasil

O depósito aurífero Ouro Roxo, localizado no município de Jacareacanga, Província Aurífera do Tapajós, sudoeste do Pará, formou-se em um sistema hidrotermal que gerou veios de quartzo sulfetados, em zona de cisalhamento N-S, dúctil-rúptil, oblíqua, denominada Ouro Roxo-Canta Galo, cortando granitoides calcioalcalinos da Suíte Intrusiva Tropas, de idade paleoproterozoica e hospedeira da mineralização, em rochas localmente milonitizadas. Três tipos de fluidos foram caracterizados como geradores do depósito: 1) fluido aquoso H₂O-NaCl-MgCl₂-FeCl₂ de salinidade baixa a moderada, com temperatura de homogeneização total (Th) = 180-280°C; 2) salmoura H₂O-NaCl-CaCl₂ com Th = 270-400°C, provavelmente portadoras de Cu e Bi, relacionadas geneticamente a um evento magmático contemporâneo ao cisalhamento que sofreu diluição pela mistura com água meteórica, baixando sua salinidade e temperatura (Th = 120-380°C); 3) fluido aquocarbônico de média salinidade, com Th = 230-430°C, que foi interpretado como o fluido mineralizante mais primitivo, provavelmente aurífero, relacionado com o cisalhamento. As condições de temperatura e pressão (T-P) de formação do minério, estimadas conjuntamente pelo geotermômetro da clorita e as isócoras das inclusões fluidas, situam-se entre 315 e 388°C e 2 a 4,1kb. Dois mecanismos simultâneos provocaram a deposição do minério em sítios de transtensão da zona de cisalhamento: 1) mistura de fluido aquocarbônico com salmoura magmática com aumento de fO2 e redução de pH; 2) interação entre os fluidos e os feldspatos e minerais ferromagnesianos do granitoide hospedeiro, com reações de hidrólise e sulfetação, provocaram redução de fO2 e fS2, com precipitação de sulfetos de Fe juntamente com ouro. O ambiente orogênico, o estilo filoneano do depósito, o controle estrutural pela zona de cisalhamento, a alteração hidrotermal (propilítica + fílica + carbonatação), a associação metálica (Au + Cu + Bi), o fluido mineralizante aquocarbônico associado com salmoura magmática na deposição do minério são compatíveis com um modelo orogênico com participação magmática para a gênese do depósito Ouro Roxo.

Geologia, petrografia e geocronologia das rochas do depósito aurífero Ouro Roxo, Província Tapajós, Jacareacanga (PA), Brasil

O depósito Ouro Roxo localiza-se próximo da cidade de Jacareacanga, Província Aurífera Tapajós, sudoeste do Pará. O depósito consiste em um sistema hidrotermal de veios de quartzo sulfetados, hospedado em granitoides paleoproterozoicos milonitizados da Suíte Intrusiva Tropas e controlado estruturalmente pela zona de cisalhamento N-S Ouro Roxo-Canta Galo (ZCOC). Os granitoides hospedeiros são granodioritos e tonalitos oxidados, calcioalcalinos, típicos de arco magmático. A ZCOC é oblíqua sinistral dúctil-rúptil e enquadra-se no terceiro evento de deformação da Província Tapajós que transformou os granitoides Tropas em protomilonitos e milonitos intercalados com brechas. A foliação milonítica NNE mergulhando para ESSE e uma lineação de estiramento em grãos de quartzo indicam a direção do movimento para NW. Filões e corpos tubulares de quartzo mineralizados ocorrem encaixados nos milonitos e brechas, envolvidos por halos de alteração hidrotermal. Além da silicificação e sulfetação concentradas nos corpos mineralizados, três tipos de alteração hidrotermal ocorrem: propilitização (clorita + fengita + carbonato); alteração fílica (fengita + quartzo + carbonato + pirita); carbonatação. Além do quartzo magmático e do quartzo microcristalino dos milonitos, foram reconhecidas cinco gerações de quartzo hidrotermal nos filões, estando o minério relacionado ao quartzo4. Os dados isotópicos Pb-Pb não sustentam uma relação genética entre o depósito aurífero e os granitoides Tropas, sendo o depósito contemporâneo à granitogênese Maloquinha. O ambiente orogênico, o estilo filoneano do depósito, o controle estrutural, a alteração hidrotermal (propilítica + fílica + carbonatação) e a associação metálica (Au + Cu + Bi) são compatíveis com o modelo orogênico da interface mesozona-epizona para a gênese do depósito aurífero Ouro Roxo.