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| Author(s): |
Luciola Alves Magalhães
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Geociências |
| Defense date: | 2008-02-25 |
| Examining board members: |
Carlos Roberto de Souza Filho;
Alvaro Penteado Crósta;
Henrique Llacer Roig
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| Advisor: | Adalene Moreira Silva; Carlos Roberto de Souza Filho |
| Abstract | |
The study area is situated in the Amapá State and has a special interest since it comprises one of the last exploration frontiers in Brazil, where much of the state is protected by national parks and indigenous reserves. It is placed within the Maroni-Itacaiunas Province, where a variety of mineralizations as iron, manganese, chromite, gold, diamond, bauxite, kaolin and cassiterite have been described. The area hosts in the area are recognized Archaean basements, greenstone belts (Province Vila Nova) and intrusive rocks that collectively show a complex geological evolution and with an ample metallogenic potential. The Amapari deposit is characterized as an orogenic-type gold mineralization, where the highest contents of gold are associated with the most deformed rocks in a system of sulfide veins, mainly composed of pyrrhotite. This research is focused in the investigation of spatial data modelling by data-driven and knowledge-driven predictive methods, aiming the identification of potential areas for gold mineralization in the proximities of Amapari region. High spatial resolution airborne geophysical data (magnetometry and gama-spectrometry) (Project Rio Araguari-CPRM) was processed and interpreted, aiming to provide products for geologic mapping and mineral exploration for a large area in the central-south portion of the Amapa State, Brazil. The processing of the geophysical data yielded maps of magnetic lineaments and magnetic and gamma-spectrometric domains, from which new litho-geophysical units were recognized and previously mapped units were redefined (e.g., enderbitic bodies, mafic-ultramafic complexes and granitic intrusives). The magnetic structures are multi-oriented. The extensive Alto Cupixi Jari lineament shows prominently in the magnetic maps, separating the Cinturao Jari and the Atingo-Cupixi-Tartarugal Grande terranes. The NNW-trending structures appear ubiquitously in these maps and are often associated to gold mineralizations in the region. The inputs maps for the modelling process were geological and airbone geophysical data and gold in stream sediments. The results, using weights of evidence, artificial neural networks and fuzzy logic, show that Amapari deposits were classified as a hight potential site as expected and, most importantly, new targets with similar signatures were identified throughout the area. These new targets were validated in the field and using maps of detail geochemical anomalies for Au in the soil, generated by the MPBA. The areas identified by the spatial modeling methods are in agreement with the main geochemical anomalies, demonstrating that the determination of new potential targets based on indirect methods is consistent with the prospecting through direct methods (AU) | |