Sediment hosted lead–zinc deposits of the Neoproterozoic Bambuí Group and correlative sequences, São Francisco Craton, Brazil: A review and a possible metallogenic evolution model

Autor: Carlos Eduardo Silva Coelho, Washington de Jesus Sant'Anna da Franca-Rocha, S. S. Iyer, Ioná de Abreu Cunha, João Batista Guimarães Teixeira, Colombo Celso Gaeta Tassinari, Aroldo Misi, Tolentino Flávio de Oliveira, Adriana S. Rocha Gomes, Valter Mônaco Conceição Filho
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual)
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
instacron:USP
ISSN: 0169-1368
Popis: The Proterozoic sediment-hosted Zn–(Pb) sulfide and non-sulfide deposits of the Sao Francisco Craton, Brazil, are partially syn-diagenetic and epigenetic and were probably formed during extensional events. The majority of the deposits occur within shallow water dolomites. The Pb isotopic data of sulfides are relatively homogeneous for individual deposits and plot above the upper crust evolution curve of the Plumbotectonic model. Some of the deposits are characterized by highly radiogenic lead ( 206 Pb/ 204 Pb ≥ 21) originating from the highly radioactive crust of the Sao Francisco Craton. Pb and S isotopic data suggest the sources of metal and sulfur for the deposits to be the basement rocks and seawater sulfates in the sediments, respectively. The relatively high temperatures of formation (100 to 250 °C) and moderate salinity (3% to 20% NaCl equiv.) of the primary fluid inclusions in the sphalerite crystals suggest the participation of basinal mineralizing fluids in ore formation. The steep paleo-geothermal gradient generated by the radioactively enriched basement rocks probably assisted in heating up the circulating mineralizing fluids.
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