Numerous metal ore deposits (Au, Cu, Mo, Sn, Cr, Pt, Ni), including banded iron formations (BIF, weakly metamorphosed jaspilites of Archean age) that make up approx. 18 billion tons of iron ore (66% Fe content), the largest iron ore deposit in Brazil.
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References
- Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Gold deposits of the Carajás mineral province: deposit types and metallogenesis. Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331. DOI 10.1007/s001260100178
- Grainger, C.J., Groves, D.I., Tallarico, F.H.B., and Fletcher, I.R. (2008): Metallogenesis of the Carajás Mineral Province, Southern Amazon Craton, Brazil: Varying styles of Archean through Paleoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic base- and precious-metal mineralisation. Ore Geology Reviews 33, 451-489.
- Rosière, C.A., Chemale Jr, F. (2000): Brazilian iron formations and their geological setting. Revista Brasileira de Geociências 30, 274-278.
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