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Santa Rita
Goias, Brazil
Main commodities: Au


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The Santa Rita gold deposit is located in Central Goias, Brazil.

It is hosted by Meso- to Neoproterozoic carbonate-pelite sequences of the Paranoá Group that have been metamorphosed in the greenschist facies.

Ore occurs as pyrite-bearing quartz-carbonate veins which are structurally controlled by WNW-ESE high-angle faults and fractures resulting from the reactivation of older NE-SW lineaments.

Pyrite, which is the sole sulphide, exhibits growth zones enriched in Co, Ni and As (up to 4 wt%). Hydrothermal alteration zones are enriched in Co, Ni and As and are characterised by diffuse albitisation, carbonatisation, silicification and pyritisation.

The most recent source geological information used to prepare this decription was dated: 1993.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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  References & Additional Information
   Selected References:
Giuliani G, Olivo G R, Marini O J and Michel D  1993 - The Santa Rita gold deposit in the Proterozoic Paranoa Group, Goias, Brazil: An example of fluid mixing during ore deposition: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v8 pp 503-523
Michel D, Giuliani G, Olivo G B and Marini O J,  1994 - As growth banding and the presence of Au in pyrites from the Santa Rita gold vein deposit hosted in Proterozoic metasediments, Goias State, Brazil: in    Econ. Geol.   v89 pp 193-200
Tsuruoka, S., Monecke, T. and Reynolds, T.J.,  2021 - Evolution of the Magmatic-Hydrothermal System at the Santa Rita Porphyry Cu Deposit, New Mexico, USA: Importance of Intermediate-Density Fluids in Ore Formation: in    Econ. Geol.   v.116, pp. 1267-1284.


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