Minas Supergroup in Serra de Bom Sucesso, extreme southwest of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero - MG: petrography, geochemistry and U-Pb isotope
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https://doi.org/10.5327/Z1519-874X2013000200010Keywords:
Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Banded iron formation, Zircon, Minas Supergrup, Bom Sucesso, REEAbstract
The banded iron formation (BIF) hosted Bom Sucesso Metassedimentary Sequence (BSMS) is exposed in the southwest part of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais. This sequence has normal stratigraphic stacking and comprises three units: the lower Lagoa da Prata carbonate schist, the intermediate Bom Sucesso BIF and the upper Tabuãozinho schist. U-Pb detrital zircon data from samples of the Lagoa da Prata unit indicate a maximum age of deposition of 2603 ± 7.3 Ma, correlated with the basal Caraça Group of the Minas Supergroup. The Bom Sucesso BIF has predominant mineralogy formed by bands of iron oxide (maghemite) and amphibole; it is interlayered with discontinuous ferruginous dolomite lenses and it grades upwards to a ferruginous metapelitic layer at the top of the unit. The geochemical signature of the BIF is characterized by positive anomalies of Eu, Y and La, relative enrichment of heavy Rare Earth Elements (REE) and absence of a negative Ce anomaly, analogous to the itabirites of the Itabira Group. The mineral assemblage of the BSMS indicates contact metamorphism associated with alkaline metasomatism, generated by the intrusion of the Tabuões Granite during the Transamazonian orogeny.Downloads
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2013-06-01
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Neri, M. E. N. V., Rosière, C. A., & Lana, C. de C. (2013). Minas Supergroup in Serra de Bom Sucesso, extreme southwest of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero - MG: petrography, geochemistry and U-Pb isotope . Geologia USP. Série Científica, 13(2), 175-202. https://doi.org/10.5327/Z1519-874X2013000200010