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      Structural framework of rocks of the Lagoa D'anta mine area, iron-manganese Urandi-Caetité-Licínio de Almeida District, Bahia, Brasil Translated title: Arcabouço estrutural das rochas da mina Lagoa D'anta, distrito ferro-manganesífero Urandi-Caetité-Licínio de Almeida, Bahia, Brasil

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          <p>The Urandi-Caetité-Licínio de Almeida Iron-Manganese District encompasses a total of 35 manganese mines, most of which are already exhausted, and 1 currently active iron mine. The host rocks of these ores are associated with the Paleoproterozoic Caetité-Licínio de Almeida Metavolcanossedimentary Sequence. These units have been deformed by the northern Serra do Espinhaço Thrust and Fold Belt, in the northern section of the Araçuaí Orogen. Interbeddings of itabirite, cummingtonite schist, calcite and manganese-dolomitic marbles, calc-silicate and carbonate-silicate rocks, and amphibolitic metabasalt were found at the Lagoa D'anta mine, in addition to quartz-jacobsite schist, residual manganese-rich soil and manganese lateritic breccia. The main structural framework presents a general NE-SW trend and it consists predominantly of compressional structures. This structural framework is associated with the evolution of two Ediacaran dextral transpressional shear zones, the Carrapato zone, in the western portion, and São Timóteo zone, in the eastern portion. The structural framework of the Lagoa D'anta mine reflects a higher degree of shortening in the southern sector of the northern Serra do Espinhaço Thrust and Fold Belt, in the northern area of the Araçuaí Orogen. The ductile structures related to these deformational phases were nucleated under conditions of progressive metamorphism with minimum temperature of 550°C. Stockwork structures of quartz, calcite, epidote, grunerite and magnetite truncate the mine's ductile structures. Fractures were the main circulation channels for meteoric water, which culminated in the formation of a high-content supergene ore in the mine.</p>

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          <p>O Distrito Ferro-Manganesífero Urandi-Caetité-Licínio de Almeida congrega um total de 35 minas de manganês, a maioria exaurida, e 1 mina de ferro, em atividade, cujas rochas hospedeiras dos minérios estão associadas com a Sequência MetavulcanossedimentarCaetité-Licínio de Almeida, de idade paleoproterozoica. Essas unidades encontram-se deformadas pelo Cinturão de Dobramentos e Cavalgamentos Serra do Espinhaço setentrional, na porção norte do Orógeno Araçuaí. Na mina Lagoa D'anta, foram identificadas intercalações de itabirito, cummingtonita xistos, mármore calcítico e manganodolomítico, rochas calcissilicáticas e carbonato-silicáticas, metabasalto anfibolítico, além de quartzo-jacobsita xisto, solo residual rico em manganês e brecha laterítica manganesífera. O arcabouço estrutural principal apresenta <italic>trend</italic> geral NE-SW, sendo constituído dominantemente por estruturas compressionais. Esse arcabouço está associado com a evolução de duas zonas de cisalhamento transpressionais destrais, de idade ediacarana, denominadas de Carrapato, a oeste, e São Timóteo, a leste. O arcabouço estrutural na mina Lagoa D'anta reflete um maior grau de encurtamento no setor sul do Cinturão de Dobramentos e Cavalgamentos Serra do Espinhaço setentrional, na porção norte do Orógeno Araçuaí. As estruturas dúcteis relacionadas com essas fases deformacionais foram geradas em condições de metamorfismo progressivo com temperatura mínima de 550°C. Estruturas <italic>stockwork</italic> de quartzo, calcita, epidoto, grunerita e magnetita truncam as estruturas dúcteis da mina. Fraturas foram os principais canais de circulação de água meteórica que culminou com a formação de um minério supergênico de alto teor na mina.</p>

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                Journal
                bjgeo
                Brazilian Journal of Geology
                Braz. J. Geol.
                Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia (São Paulo )
                2317-4692
                June 2015
                : 45
                : 2
                : 173-192
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidade Federal da Bahia Brazil
                [2 ] Universidade Federal da Bahia Brazil
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                S2317-48892015000200173
                10.1590/23174889201500020002
                017008c0-634c-4741-840f-eafb7579fabc

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                GEOLOGY
                GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

                General geosciences,Geology & Mineralogy
                structural framework,aulacogen,shear zones,deformation,arcabouço estrutural,aulacógeno,zonas de cisalhamento,deformação

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