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Batalha claim, Itaituba, Tapajós Gold Province, Pará, North Region, Brazil
(Garimpo do Batalha) Garimpo do Batalha is located on precambrian granitoids hydrothermally altered by potassic, propylitic and sericitic alteration. The gold mineralization is related to a porphyry (Cu-Mo-Au) system.
References:
Schneider Santos, J.O., Groves, D.I., Hartmann, L.A., Moura, M.A., and McNaughton, N.J. (2001): Gold deposits of the Tapajós and Alta Floresta Domains, Tapajós-Parima orogenic belt, Amazon Craton, Brazil. Mineralium Deposita 36, 278-299
Juliani, C., Corręa-Silva, R.H., Monteiro, L.V.S., Bettencourt, J.S., and Nunes, C.M.D. (2002): The Batalha Au-Granite System - Tapajós Gold Province, Amazonian Craton, Brazil: Hydrothermal alteration and regional implications. Precambrian Research 119(1-4), 225-256.
