Geology and fluid characteristics of the Mina Velha and Mandiocal orebodies and implications for the genesis of the orogenic Chega Tudo Gold deposit Guru Belt, Brazil

Economic Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 957-980

  Klein, Evandro L ^a   Ribeiro, José W A ^b   Harris, Chris ^c   Moura, Candido A ^d   Giret, André ^e  

^a CPRM/Geological Survey of Brazil   (Brazil)

^b Newmont Overseas Exploration Limited   (Suriname)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; ISOTOPES; MICA; MILLING (MACHINING); MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORE DEPOSITS; ORES; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; PETROLOGY; PYRITES; QUARTZ; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR; TECTONICS; ZINC SULFIDE;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CRUSTAL SOURCES; DERIVED CARBONS; FLUCTUATING PRESSURES; FLUID FLOWS; FLUID INCLUSIONS; GOLD DEPOSITIONS; GOLD MINERALIZATIONS; GREENSCHIST; HOST ROCKS; HYDROTHERMAL MINERALS; METAVOLCANIC ROCKS; MINERAL PARAGENESISES; NEGATIVE VALUES; ORGANIC SIGNATURES; OXYGEN FUGACITIES; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; QUARTZ VEINS; REFRACTORY GOLDS; SHEAR ZONES; STABLE ISOTOPES; SULFIDATION; SULFUR ISOTOPES; WHITE MICAS;

FLUIDS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; DEPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; METAMORPHISM; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; ORE DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZ VEIN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BRAZIL; GURUPI BELT; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 58149173927     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.103.5.957     Document Type: Article

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