Geology and SHRIMP U-Pb Geochronology of the Igarap Bahia Deposit, Carajs Copper-Gold Belt, Brazil: An Archean (2.57 Ga) Example of Iron-Oxide Cu-Au-(U-REE) Mineralization

A striking feature of the Carajs region, Brazil, is the clustering of a variety of different types of Cu-Au deposits.The most abundant in the belt are the >200 million metric tons (Mt) of Fe oxide Cu-Au-(U-REE) deposits, which, despite the variety of host rocks and different orebody morphologies,...

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Main Authors: Tallarico, F., Figueiredo, B., Groves, D., Kositcin, N., McNaughton, Neal, Fletcher, Ian, Rego, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Society of Economic Geologists Inc 2005
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32665