CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
348 Brazil (Para) 05.45.46 S -- 050.35.30 W Salobo; Salobro; Saloba 4A; Saloba 3A Cu; Au; Ag; Fe; Mo; U; REE; F; Co; Ni
 
Database name: World Fe-oxide+/-Cu-Au-U (IOCG) deposits
Compilers: Sunil S. Gandhi
Release date: 2015-03-04
   
Deposit name(s): Salobo (occurrence name); Salobro (occurrence name); Saloba 4A (occurrence name); Saloba 3A (occurrence name)
Political location(s): Brazil; Province or state: Para
Deposit clan (type): Cloncurry-type
Deposit (sub) types: Cloncurry-type
Commodities: Cu; Au; Ag; Fe; Mo; U; REE; F; Co; Ni
Mineralization styles: magnetite lenses, stratabound; disseminated Cu-sulphides in magnetite; late stage veins containing U, REE,
Geological ages: Late Archean - Late Paleoproterozoic (mineralization)
Late Archean (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) metamorphic; amphibolite (Late Archean sequence deposited on tonalitic gneiss of Xingu complex); Depositional setting: ensialic rift; Metamorphic grade: middle amphibolite
Host rock stratigraphy:Igarape Salobo-Pacuja

(2) sedimentary; iron formation (Late Archean sequence deposited on tonalitic gneiss of Xingu complex); Metamorphic grade: middle amphibolite
Host rock stratigraphy:Igarape Salobo-Pacuja

(3) sedimentary; quartzite (Late Archean sequence deposited on tonalitic gneiss of Xingu complex); Metamorphic grade: middle amphibolite
Host rock stratigraphy:Igarape Salobo-Pacuja
References:
Farias, N. F.; Saueressig, R., 1998
Salobo 3A Copper Deposit
in International Symposium on Archean and Early Proterozoic Geological Evolution and Metallogeny: Excursions (Brazil), Edited by Anonymous, Brazil, p. 67 - 71

Fernandez, O. J. C.; Costa, M. L. , 1999
Consideracoes Preliminares Sobre a Mineralogia Do Minerio de Cobre de Salobo: Problemas No Processamento Mineral
in Boletim de Resumos Expandidos: VI Symposio de Geologia da Amazonia; Manaus-Amazonas, 13 a 17 de Junho de 1999, Edited by Anonymous, Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia, Nucleo Norte, Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia, 596 p, p. 555 - 558

Lindenmayer, Z. G., 1990
Salobo, Carajas, Brazil: Geology, Geochemistry and Metamorphism
Ph. D. Thesis, University of Western Ontario, Canada, 407 p.

Lindenmayer, Z. G.; Teixeira, J. B. G., 1999
Ore Genesis at the Salobo Copper Deposit, Serra dos Carajas
in Base Metal Deposits of Brazil: Invited Papers Presented in the Workshop on Basemetal Deposits of Brazil, in Salvador, Bahia, from September 6 - 11, 1998, Edited by da Silva, M. G.; Misi, A., Geological Survey of Brazil, Ernesto von Sperling, 108 p, p. 33 - 43

Machado, N.; Lindenmayer, Z. ; Krogh, T. E.; Lindenmayer, D., 1991
U-Pb Geochronology of Archean Magmatism and Basement Reactivation in the Carajas Area, Amazon Shield
Precambrian Research, Volume 49, p. 1 - 26

Requia, K.; Fontbote, L., 1999
Hydrothermal Alkali Metasomatism in the Salobo Iron Oxide Cu(-Au) Deposit, Carajas Minral Province, Northern Brazil
in Mineral Deposits: Process to Processing (Volumes 1 and 2), Edited by Stanley, C. J., 5th Biennial SGA Meeting and 10th Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium/London/United Kingdom/22-25 Aug 1999, SGA and International Association for Genesis of Ore Deposits, A. A. Balkema/Rotterdam/Brrokfield/1999, 1475 p, p. 1025 - 1028

Requia, K.; Fontbobe, L., 2000
The Salobo Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold Deposit, Carajas, Northern Brazil
in Proceedings of International Conference on Hydrothermal Iron-Oxide Copper-Gold and Related Deposits: A Global Perspective; Perth, Australia; December 4-5, 2000, Edited by Anonymous, Australian Mineral Foundation Inc., Australian Mineral Foundation Inc., 63 Conyngham Street, Glenside 5065, South Australia, p. 11 - 11

Souza, L. H.; Vieira, A. P., 2000
Salobo 3 Alpha Deposit: Geology and Mineralization
in Proceedings of International Conference on Hydrothermal Iron-Oxide Copper-Gold and Related Deposits: A Global Perspective; Perth, Australia; December 4-5, 2000, Edited by Anonymous, Australian Mineral Foundation Inc., Australian Mineral Foundation Inc., 63 Conyngham Street, Glenside 5065, South Australia, p. 10 - 10

Vianna, M. T., 1997
Salobo: Investido U$ Bilhao Para a Producao de 200 Mil T/Ano de Cobre Catodo (Grau LME), 8 T/Ano de Au, 37 T/Ano de Prata E 200 Mil T/Ano de Acido Sulfurico, Em Maraba, Pa.
in Congresso Brasileiro de Mineracao, 7, Belo Horizonte, Edited by Anonymous, IBRAM, IBRAM, p. XII-21 - XII-43

Vieira, A. E. P.; Saueressig, R.; Siqueira, J. B.; Silva, E. R. P.; Rego, J. L.; Castro, F. D. C., 1988
Caracterizacao Geologica Da Jazida Polimetalica Do Salobo 3A - Reavaliacao
in Congresso Brasilerio de Geologia, 35, Belem, Edited by Anonymous, Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia, Nucleo Norte, Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia, p. 97 - 114

Resource data:
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Estimate date: 2000; 789 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: measured-indicated-inferred resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 0.96 percent
Au: 0.52 grams/metric ton
Reference: Souza, L. H.; Vieira, E. A. P., 2000: Salobo 3 Alpha Deposit: Geology and Mineralisation; Section The Americas, in Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold and Related Deposits: A Global Perspective, Volume 1, Edited by Porter, T. M., Australian Mineral Foundation, Adelaide, Australia, PGC Publishing, Adelaide, 349 p, p. 213 - 224
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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