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Serra Pelada Au-(Pd-Pt) deposit (Serra Leste), Curionópolis, Carajás mineral province, Pará, Brazil



Detailed Mineral List:
Actinolite
Formula: ☐{Ca2}{(Mg,Fe2+)5}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
Albite
Formula: NaAlSi3O8
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
'Allanite'
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
'Apatite'
Reference: Grainger, C.J., Groves, D.I., Tallarico, F.H.B., and Fletcher, I.R. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 33, 451-489.
Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
Atheneite
Formula: Pd2As0.75Hg0.25
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
'Biotite'
Reference: Grainger, C.J., Groves, D.I., Tallarico, F.H.B., and Fletcher, I.R. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 33, 451-489.
Bornite
Formula: Cu5FeS4
Reference: Grainger, C.J., Groves, D.I., Tallarico, F.H.B., and Fletcher, I.R. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 33, 451-489.
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
Calcite var: Ferroan Calcite
Formula: (Ca,Fe)CO3
Reference: Grainger, C.J., Groves, D.I., Tallarico, F.H.B., and Fletcher, I.R. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 33, 451-489.
Carrollite
Formula: Cu(Co,Ni)2S4
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Reference: Grainger, C.J., Groves, D.I., Tallarico, F.H.B., and Fletcher, I.R. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 33, 451-489.
Clinochlore
Formula: (Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Reference: Grainger, C.J., Groves, D.I., Tallarico, F.H.B., and Fletcher, I.R. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 33, 451-489.
Covellite
Formula: CuS
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
Diaspore
Formula: AlO(OH)
Reference: Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 40, pp. 1451-1463
Diopside
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Reference: Grainger, C.J., Groves, D.I., Tallarico, F.H.B., and Fletcher, I.R. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 33, 451-489.
Epidote
Formula: {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
Galena
Formula: PbS
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
Goethite
Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)
Reference: Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 40, pp. 1451-1463
Gold
Formula: Au
Reference: Van King
Photo: © Rob Lavinsky. Gold from Serra Pelada Au- deposit, Curionópolis, Carajás mineral province, Pará, Brazil
Gold var: Palladian Gold
Formula: (Au,Pd)
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Reference: Grainger, C.J., Groves, D.I., Tallarico, F.H.B., and Fletcher, I.R. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 33, 451-489.
Isoferroplatinum
Formula: Pt3Fe
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
Isomertieite
Formula: Pd11Sb2As2
Reference: http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/mineral/tcm-145140-5.html
Kaolinite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Reference: Grainger, C.J., Groves, D.I., Tallarico, F.H.B., and Fletcher, I.R. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 33, 451-489.
'Limonite'
Formula: FeO(OH) · nH2O
Reference: Grainger, C.J., Groves, D.I., Tallarico, F.H.B., and Fletcher, I.R. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 33, 451-489.
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Reference: Grainger, C.J., Groves, D.I., Tallarico, F.H.B., and Fletcher, I.R. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 33, 451-489.
'Manganese Oxides'
Reference: Grainger, C.J., Groves, D.I., Tallarico, F.H.B., and Fletcher, I.R. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 33, 451-489.
Millerite
Formula: NiS
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
Molybdenite
Formula: MoS2
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
'Monazite'
Reference: Grainger, C.J., Groves, D.I., Tallarico, F.H.B., and Fletcher, I.R. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 33, 451-489.
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Reference: Grainger, C.J., Groves, D.I., Tallarico, F.H.B., and Fletcher, I.R. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 33, 451-489.
Muscovite var: Sericite
Reference: Grainger, C.J., Groves, D.I., Tallarico, F.H.B., and Fletcher, I.R. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 33, 451-489.
Palladium
Formula: (Pd,Pt)
Reference: Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 40, pp. 1451-1463
Palladseite
Formula: Pd17Se15
Reference: http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/mineral/tcm-145140-5.html
Pentlandite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)9S8
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
Potarite
Formula: PdHg
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Reference: Grainger, C.J., Groves, D.I., Tallarico, F.H.B., and Fletcher, I.R. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 33, 451-489.
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Reference: Grainger, C.J., Groves, D.I., Tallarico, F.H.B., and Fletcher, I.R. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 33, 451-489.
Rutile
Formula: TiO2
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
Reference: Grainger, C.J., Groves, D.I., Tallarico, F.H.B., and Fletcher, I.R. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 33, 451-489.
Siegenite
Formula: CoNi2S4 -NiCo2S4
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
Spessartine
Formula: Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
Sudovikovite
Formula: PtSe2
Reference: http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/mineral/tcm-145140-5.html
Talc
Formula: Mg3(Si4O10)(OH)2
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
Thorite
Formula: (Th,U)SiO4
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
Titanite
Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
'Tourmaline'
Formula: A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Reference: Villas, R.N., and Dias Santos, M. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 300-331
Xenotime-(Y)
Formula: Y(PO4)
Reference: Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 40, pp. 1451-1463


51 entries listed. 41 valid minerals.

References

Mining Annual Review (1985): 41.

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

Cabral AR, Lehmann B, Kwitko R, Cravo Costa CH (2002): The Serra Pelada Au-Pd-Pt deposit, Carajás mineral province, northern Brazil: reconnaissance mineralogy and chemistry of very high grade palladian gold mineralization. Economic Geology 97, 1127-1138.

Cabral, A.R., Lehmann, B., Kwitko-Ribeiro, R., and Cravo Costa, C.H. (2002) Palladium and platinum minerals from the Serra Pelada Au-Pd-Pt deposit, Carajás mineral province, northern Brazil. Canadian Mineralogist 40, 1451-1463.

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.

Minerals Today (Jan 1990): 30.

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