Journal of South American Earth Sciences 27 (2009) 235–246 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of South American Earth Sciences journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jsames Crustal growth of the central-eastern Paleoproterozoic domain, SW Amazonian craton: Juvenile accretion vs. reworking Moacir José Buenano Macambira a,*, Marcelo Lacerda Vasquez b, Daniela Cristina Costa da Silva c, Marco Antonio Galarza a, Carlos Eduardo de Mesquita Barros d, Julielson de Freitas Camelo e a Laboratório de Geologia Isotópica – Para-Iso, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Pará, Caixa Postal 8608, 66075-110 Belem, PA, Brazil Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais, Av. Dr. Freitas, 3645, 66095-110 Belém, PA, Brazil c Programa de Pós-graduação em Geologia e Geoquímica, Universidade Federal do Pará, Caixa Postal 8608, 66075-110 Belém, PA, Brazil d Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Geologia, Centro Politécnico, Caixa Postal 19001, 81531-990 Curitiba, PR, Brazil e Mineração Rio do Norte S.A., Porto Trombetas, PA, Brazil b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 2 August 2007 Accepted 6 February 2009 Keywords: Trans-Amazonian cycle Zircon Nd isotopes Amazonian craton Paleoproterozoic a b s t r a c t The Trans-Amazonian cycle was an important rock-forming event in South America, generating voluminous juvenile and reworked fractions of continental crust. The Bacajá domain, in the southern sector of the Maroni-Itacaiúnas Province in the Amazonian craton, is an example of the Trans-Amazonian terranes adjacent to the Archean Carajás block. Zircon Pb-evaporation and whole-rock Sm–Nd analyses were carried out on representative samples of six lithological units, and allowed the proposal of a comprehensive tectonic-magmatic evolutionary sequence for the central and eastern parts of this domain, from the Neoarchean to the Rhyacian. Gneisses with ages of ca. 2.67 and 2.44 Ga are the oldest rocks recorded in the region, and probably represent remnants of island and continental arcs. The Três Palmeiras succession, emplaced between 2.36 and 2.34 Ga, hosts gold deposits and represents the first record of Siderian supracrustal rocks in the Amazonian craton. It was probably part of an island arc/ocean floor accreted to a craton margin. Rhyacian granitogenesis lasted for ca. 140 My (2.22–2.08 Ga), marking different stages of the Trans-Amazonian cycle. The first stage is represented by continental arc granitoids formed by melting of Archean crust at 2.22–2.18 Ga. The second is characterized by the production of juvenile material between 2.16 and 2.13 Ga. The third and final stage at ca. 2.08 Ga is represented by a large volume of granitoids originated from either juvenile material or reworked crust during compressive stresses. Nd isotopes reveal that juvenile rocks dominated in the northern part of the domain, whereas those formed from reworked crust predominate in the south. The present-day configuration of the Bacajá domain results from collision against the Archean Carajás block at the end of the Trans-Amazonian cycle. Ó 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction The geotectonic model of evolution suggesting that the Amazonian craton (Guiana and Central Brazil shields) represents a collage of Proterozoic belts or geochronological provinces surrounding Archean nuclei was first presented in the seventies (e.g. Amaral, 1974; Cordani et al., 1979). Presently, this model is considered to be the most appropriate to explain the main general features of the craton, and has been updated by several authors (Lima, 1984; Teixeira et al., 1989; Tassinari and Macambira, 1999, 2004; Tassinari et al., 2000; Dall’Agnol et al., 2000; Santos et al., 2000, 2006). The division of the craton into provinces (Fig. 1) mainly takes into account the geochronology of the regional basement, as well as general geological and geophysical features (e.g. Tassi* Corresponding author. Tel.: +55 91 3201 7483; fax: +55 91 3246 2323. E-mail address: [email protected] (M.J.B. Macambira). 0895-9811/$ - see front matter Ó 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2009.02.001 nari and Macambira, 1999). The boundaries between these geochronological provinces are key areas for understanding the growth of the craton and of the provinces themselves, which have their own geochronological, tectonic and lithological characteristics. The Trans-Amazonian cycle was an important rock-forming event in the South American Platform (e.g. Cordani and Sato, 1999). The southern part of Maroni-Itacaiúnas Province, which is the Bacajá domain, is a special example of the Trans-Amazonian terranes since it makes contact with the Archean Carajás block (Fig. 1), included in the Central Amazonian Province (e.g. Tassinari and Macambira, 2004). Mapping projects carried out by CPRM resulted in conflicting proposals for the location of the boundary between the Archean and Paleoproterozoic domains (e.g. Santos, 2003; Faraco et al., 2005; Santos et al., 2006). Apart from this question, it is also important to take into account the internal structure, composition and evolution of the provinces themselves. 236 M.J.B. Macambira et al. / Journal of South American Earth Sciences 27 (2009) 235–246 60º W 50º W 60º W Amazonian craton Guyana Suriname French Guiana Venezuela Colombia Guia na sh i ield Atlantic Ocean Guiana Shield Ecuador 0º Amazon Basin ield il sh Braz Central tralBrazil Shiel Cen Peru Brazil g Pacífic Ocean b (Iricoumé) Solimões Basin 500 km Bolivia Atlantic Ocean Amazon Basin 0º c b (Xingu) a 10º S a - Carajás block b - Xingu-Iricoumé block c - Bacajá domain 500 km Geochronological Provinces Neoproterozoic belt Sunsás (1.25-1.0 Ga) Ventuari-Tapajós (1.95-1.8 Ga) Rondoniano-San Ignacio (1.5-1.3 Ga) Maroni-Itacaiúnas (2.2-1.95 Ga) Rio Negro-Juruena (1.8-1.55 Ga) Central Amazonian (> 2.5 Ga) Figure 2 Fig. 1. Sketch map showing the geochronological provinces of the Amazonian craton (based on Tassinari and Macambira (2004)) and the location of the study area. This work presents new isotope data (Pb-evaporation on zircon and whole-rock Sm–Nd) for rocks cropping out in the central and eastern parts of the Bacajá domain, Pará state, in order to better characterize the age and origin of these rocks. Additionally, we hope to clarify the formation and evolution of the southernmost part of the Maroni-Itacaiúnas Province and its nature, whether by juvenile accretion, or by reworking of the rocks involved in the Trans-Amazonian cycle. 2. Regional geological setting According to recent studies (e.g. Tassinari et al., 2000; Tassinari and Macambira, 2004; Santos et al., 2000, 2006), Archean terranes constitute the southeasternmost part of the Amazonian craton (Central Amazonian Province), and are surrounded by Proterozoic provinces, which become progressively younger southwestwards (Fig. 1). Tassinari and Macambira (2004) defined the Central Amazonian Province as the oldest continental crust of the craton, which was not affected by the Trans-Amazonian cycle. Following Tassinari and Macambira (1999), Dall’Agnol et al. (1999a), and Tassinari et al. (2000), Tassinari and Macambira (2004) divided the province into two segments: the Carajás and the Xingu-Iricoumé blocks (Fig. 1). The first comprises a 3.00–2.85 Ga granite-greenstone basement covered, in its northern part, by a ca. 2.76 Ga volcanosedimentary sequence hosting the most important mineral deposits (Cu, Fe, Au, Mn etc.) of the craton. All the Archean rocks of the Carajás block have TDM(Nd) ages between 3.2 and 2.86 Ga. The Xingu-Iricoumé block is a NW–SE segment located in the central part of the craton, and is partially covered by Phanerozoic sedimentary rocks of the Amazon basin. It represents the least studied part of the Amazonian craton. Paleoproterozoic granitoids and volcanic rocks, which dominate in this block, are largely covered by sedimentary sequences. Geochronological data for the regional basement are not available, but it has been considered to be of pre‘‘Trans-Amazonian” age (>2.5 Ga) (Tassinari and Macambira, 2004). The Archaean age for the rarely exposed metamorphic basement is based on a few TDM(Nd) ages of the Paleoproterozoic granitoids and volcanic rocks, which were probably formed by melting of the basement. The Maroni-Itacaiúnas Province (2.2–1.95 Ga) borders the northeastern and northern parts of the Central Amazonian M.J.B. Macambira et al. / Journal of South American Earth Sciences 27 (2009) 235–246 Province. It was formed during the Trans-Amazonian orogenic cycle, but several Archean inliers are recognized within the Paleoproterozoic rocks. The province is characterized by widespread exposures of greenschist to amphibolite facies metavolcanic and metasedimentary units, as well as by granulitic and gneissic-migmatitic terranes. Apart from the two provinces described above, Tassinari and Macambira (2004) revised some province boundaries, while maintaining others proposed in previous works (Fig. 1), which are: Ventuari-Tapajós (1.95–1.8 Ga), Rio Negro-Juruena (1.8–1.55 Ga), Rondonian-San Ignacio (1.55–1.3 Ga) and Sunsas (1.3–1.0 Ga). Santos et al. (2000) suggested other names and limits for the geochronological provinces of the Amazonian craton, which were also updated in recent publications (e.g. Santos et al., 2006). The Maroni-Itacaiúnas Province can be divided into several domains according to their geological features and geographical distribution. The Bacajá domain (Fig. 2) borders the northern part of the Carajás block (Central Amazonian Province). Its northern part is covered by rocks of the Amazon basin, and its eastern part by the Grajaú basin and the Neoproterozoic Araguaia belt. The domain extends westwards parallel to the southern margin of the Amazon basin, and is covered here by the Paleoproterozoic volcanic rocks of the Central Amazonian Province. The Bacajá domain is comparatively less well studied than the Carajás block. Its central-eastern part, the object of this work, is composed of deformed granitoids, granulites, gneisses and the Três Palmeiras and São Manoel greenstone belts which are discussed below. 237 as in the Itatá Amphibolite, and in the Bacajá Micaschist. According to Faraco et al. (2005), the Três Palmeiras greenstone belt encompasses the last two units. Siderian granitoids are grouped into the Jacaré Complex, whereas Rhyacian granitoids are represented by the Valentin Complex, as well as the Felício Turvo and Bacajá granites. The map presented by Faraco et al. (2005) will be used as the geological background of this study. In spite of some divergences in relation to our data regarding rock classification, and the locations of the contacts between the lithological units, we maintain this map because it is the most recent and the most complete available. For this reason, in this work geographical references to sample locations are preferred, rather than the geological units and contacts proposed by Faraco et al. (2005). Barros et al. (2007) studied a NW–SE oriented area, parallel to the BR230 road in the northeastern part of the Bacajá domain, and described monzogranites and granodiorites, with subordinate tonalites, syenogranites and scarce quartz diorites. These rocks are rather homogeneously deformed at the regional scale, with foliations striking N60 W and WNW–ESE. Primary subvertical and flat-lying igneous layering are transposed to high-temperature secondary foliations and mylonite zones. According to these authors the development of these structures was controlled by progressive deformation under decreasing temperatures, characterizing the syntectonic emplacement of these granitoids during regional shortening. Taking into consideration the age of the granitoids (2076 ± 6 Ma, Pb-evaporation zircon age), they proposed an evolution related to a continental arc environment developed during soft amalgamation of continental plates at the end of the Trans-Amazonian cycle. 3. Geology of the central-eastern part of Bacajá domain Few studies have been carried out in the eastern Bacajá domain. The RADAM project (Silva et al., 1974; Issler et al., 1974) produced the first geological map of the region when, based only on K–Ar and Rb–Sr data, it was speculated that the Trans-Amazonian cycle had affected older rock units. Later on, Jorge João et al. (1987) and Santos et al. (1988) studied the northwestern part of this region. Their investigation recognized several lithostratigraphic units such as: the Bacajaí Granulite, the Três Palmeiras Metamorphic Suite (greenstone belt), the Anapu Granodiorite, the Oca Granodiorite, and the João Jorge Granite. The second study cited presented Rb– Sr data, and suggested that the domain was formed by Paleoproterozoic reworking of gneisses, as well as juvenile additions represented by the mafic metavolcanic rocks of the Iriri-Xingu region. Some local studies were carried out on the central and the western parts of the Bacajá domain (Fig. 2). In the central part in the Manelão gold mine, Souza et al. (2003) and Souza and Kotschoubey (2005) described the poly-metamorphic regional basement of the Xingu Complex (Silva et al., 1974), and the São Manoel volcanosedimentary sequence, both of them intruded by the Felício Turvo Granite. For the northwestern part of the domain, in the Iriri-Xingu area, Vasquez et al. (2008) and Santos (2003) presented new Pbevaporation and U–Pb SHRIMP zircon data for granitoids and gneisses which indicated ages between 2.50 and 2.07 Ga. Faraco et al. (2004, 2005) reviewed the geology of the eastern Bacajá domain (Fig. 2) and proposed new lithostratigraphic units which are usually elongated along NW–SE and WNW–ESE trends. These are: the Direita Granulitic Suite composed by foliated quartz-feldspar granulites; the calc-alkaline Bacajaí Charnockitic Complex; the Ipiaçava Kinzigitic Complex including rocks with garnet, biotite and sillimanite; the Rio Preto Piriclasite represented by tholeiitic to calc-alkaline mafic granulites formed at high temperature and pressure; and the Cajazeiras Enderbitic Complex comprising calc-alkaline granulites. Metavolcano-sedimentary rocks were included in the Misteriosa and São Manoel groups, as well 4. Analytical methods Zircon from seven samples, and 15 whole-rock samples from the central-eastern part of the Bacajá domain were analyzed by Pb-evaporation and by Sm–Nd methods, respectively, at the Isotope Geology Laboratory of the Federal University of Pará (ParáIso), Brazil, using a Finnigan MAT 262 mass spectrometer. For the Pb-evaporation technique (Kober, 1986, 1987), zircon crystals were concentrated by conventional methods of heavy mineral separation, and then were hand-picked. In this technique, the individual zircon grain is encapsulated in the Re-filament used for evaporation, which was placed directly in front of the ionization filament. Both filaments are introduced into the mass spectrometer. The evaporation filament is heated to evaporate the Pb from the zircon, and the Pb liberated is condensed on the cold ‘‘ionization” filament. Three evaporation steps, each of a maximum of 5 min, are performed at 1450, 1500 and 1550 °C. After each evaporation step, the temperature of the ionization filament is raised to the point of Pb emission, and the isotopic measurements are dynamically made with the ion counter of the instrument. The intensities of the emission of each Pb isotope were measured in one cycle by peak stepping through the 206–207–208–206–207– 204 mass sequence for five mass scans, defining one data block with eight 207Pb/206Pb ratios. Five blocks are usually recorded for each evaporation step. The weighted 207Pb/206Pb mean for each block is corrected for common Pb using appropriate age values derived from the two-stage model of Stacey and Kramers (1975), and the corrected block is used for sample age calculation. Blocks yielding a 204Pb/206Pb mean above 0.0004, and those that scatter more than two standard deviations (2r) from the mean age value are discarded. The calculated age for a single zircon grain and its error, according to Gaudette et al. (1998), is the weighted mean and standard error of the accepted blocks of data. The same procedure is adopted to calculate the age for a rock sample from a set of cogenetic grains. The ages are presented with 2r error. 238 M.J.B. Macambira et al. / Journal of South American Earth Sciences 27 (2009) 235–246 Fig. 2. Geological map of the central-eastern Bacajá domain (based on Faraco et al. (2005)) with location of dated samples. 239 M.J.B. Macambira et al. / Journal of South American Earth Sciences 27 (2009) 235–246 For the Sm–Nd analysis, a mixed 150Nd–149Sm spike is added to ca. 100 mg of rock powder and attacked with HF + HNO3 in Teflon vials inside PARR containers at 150 °C for one week. After evaporation, new additions of HF + HNO3 are made, the solutions are dried, followed by dissolution with HCl (6 N), drying, and finally dissolution with HCl (2 N). After the last evaporation, the REE are separated from other elements by cation exchange chromatography (Dowex 50WX-8 resin) using HCl (2 N) and HNO3 (3 N). After that, Sm and Nd were separated from the other REE by anion exchange chromatography (Dowex AG1-X4 resin) using a mixture of HNO3 (7 N) and methanol. The isotopic measurements are statically acquired using the Faraday cups of the mass spectrometer, and Nd data are normalized to a 146Nd/144Nd ratio of 0.7219. Procedure blanks were <100 pg for Sm and <400 pg for Nd. The La Jolla Nd standard yielded a 143Nd/144Nd ratio of 0.511844 ± 22 (2r) based on four analyses. The crustal residence ages were calculated using the model of De Paolo (1988) for the depleted mantle (TDM). Age calculation was done using the software Isoplot (v.2.49) of Ludwig (2001) and others developed in the Pará-Iso. 5. Zircon ages Seven rock samples from different igneous and metaigneous lithological units of the central-eastern Bacajá domain were dated by the zircon Pb-evaporation technique. The results revealed ages within a ca. 0.6 billion years interval. Combined with the field and petrographic data, as well as with previous geochronological results, the rock units can be separated into six groups representing different stages of the magmatic and tectonic evolution of the Bacajá domain. Although the rocks show different degrees of recrystallization and deformation, the general features of the zircon grains, the similarity with some previous results, and the accuracy of the new ages allow them to be interpreted as the crystallization ages of the grains and, consequently, the emplacement ages of the bodies. These results will be discussed below, from the oldest to the youngest rock units. 5.1. Tonalitic gneiss Sample MDM03A was collected at the Manelão gold mine located on the WNW–ESE Bacajá transcurrent shear zone (Fig. 2). It is an orthogneiss included by Souza et al. (2003) and Souza and Kotschoubey (2005) in the Xingu Complex (Silva et al., 1974). It is a light gray, fine to medium-grained, banded hornblende-biotite tonalitic gneiss. Under the microscope, this gneiss shows polygonal granoblastic quartz-feldspar arrays and lepido-nematoblastic aggregates of mafic minerals. Hornblende and epidote are subordinate, and apatite, titanite, zircon and opaque are accessory minerals. Selected zircon crystals are prismatic, bipyramidal, light brown to colorless, semitransparent, and show few inclusions, fractures and metamictization features. Some crystals have rounded edges and are sometimes drop-shaped. Five crystals were analyzed yielding individual ages varying from 2674 to 2664 Ma, and a mean age of 2671 ± 3 Ma (Table 1, Fig. 3). The 40 blocks and 270 isotopic Table 1 Zircon Pb-evaporation isotopic data from rocks of the central-eastern part of the Bacajá domain. Only results included in the age calculation are presented. In the Ratios column, xxx/yyy is the total isotopic ratios measured (xxx) and used (yyy) in age calculation. Sample/grain Ratios 204 MDM03/3 MDM03/5 MDM03/6 MDM03/9 MDM03/10 24/62 34/62 40/114 106/114 66/88 270/440 16/54 34/44 40/100 32/70 122/268 30/38 36/72 32/66 34/34 62/86 8/8 202/304 32/64 38/62 34/70 104/196 40/54 36/48 72/72 20/20 62/62 34/42 264/298 16/24 32/62 16/46 8/12 72/144 40/78 38/54 20/50 98/182 MDM01/1 MDM01/2 MDM01/12 MDM01/13 MDM07C/1 MDM07C/2 MDM07C/4 MDM07C/7 MDM07C/8 MDM07C/10 MJ36/1 MJ36/2 MJ36/5 MCM18/4 MCM18/8 MCM18/9 MCM18/10 MCM18/11 MCM18/12 MDM02/2 MDM02/3 MDM02/4 MDM02/6 MCM58/1 MCM58/2 MCM58/4 207 ( 206 Pb/ Pb)c and ( 208 Pb/ 206 Pb/206Pb ±2r (208Pb/206Pb)c ±2r (207Pb/206Pb)c ±2r Age (Ma) ±2r 0.000009 0.00002 0.000005 0.000013 0.000071 4 4 4 2 47 0.13606 0.12147 0.15041 0.13313 0.15042 35 31 57 81 134 55 23 37 44 17 0.000248 0.000019 0.000027 0.000024 26 4 4 3 0.18409 0.16612 0.16481 0.14657 117 69 6 34 0.000099 0.000019 0.000019 0.000052 0.000017 0.000021 11 7 3 7 13 2 0.08815 0.15248 0.13579 0.10401 0.12469 0.11289 63 38 43 95 37 66 0.000034 0.000027 0.000011 4 2 4 0.20205 0.21637 0.24534 69 58 64 0.000062 0.000118 0.000039 0.000076 0.000039 0.000014 8 22 15 76 3 5 0.11353 0.11915 0.10852 0.09662 0.07653 0.10268 71 103 103 181 58 13 0.000349 0.000154 0.00004 0.000133 37 2 18 2 0.10198 0.13494 0.09334 0.12484 73 57 38 174 0.000110 0.000041 0.000053 12 13 6 0.35182 0.17094 0.07279 39 45 67 0.18177 0.18158 0.18122 0.18208 0.18225 207 Pb/206Pb 0.15922 0.15899 0.15842 0.15809 207 Pb/206Pb 0.15055 0.15114 0.15136 0.15123 0.15118 0.15159 207 Pb/206Pb 0.13681 0.13714 0.13712 207 Pb/206Pb 0.13395 0.13362 0.13447 0.13311 0.13381 0.13411 207 Pb/206Pb 0.12924 0.12902 0.12945 0.12832 207 Pb/206Pb 0.12492 0.12822 0.12856 207 Pb/206Pb 2669.5 2667.5 2664.3 2672.3 2673.8 2671.2 2447.6 2445.2 2439.1 2435.6 2438.5 2352.4 2359.1 2361.7 2360.2 2359.6 2364.2 2359.0 2187.5 2191.7 2191.4 2190.8 2150.6 2146.3 2157.4 2139.6 2148.8 2152.7 2153.9 2088.0 2084.9 2090.8 2075.5 2084.7 2079.2 2073.4 2078.8 2076.9 5.0 2.1 3.4 3.9 1.6 2.6 7.4 5.8 2.4 2.5 3.9 3.7 3.0 4.6 6.3 1.8 6.0 2.3 4.9 4.5 2.5 2.1 4.0 12.7 5.2 8.2 3.1 8.4 3.8 9.3 2.8 8.9 7.9 4.0 4.4 4.9 7.8 3.0 Pb)c = ratio corrected for common Pb. mean age= 69 54 23 24 mean age= 32 26 41 56 16 53 mean age= 39 35 2 mean age= 31 97 4 63 24 65 mean age= 68 21 66 58 mean age= 18 36 57 mean age= 240 M.J.B. Macambira et al. / Journal of South American Earth Sciences 27 (2009) 235–246 2678 box heights are 2 σ Tonalitic gneiss 2458 MDM-03 MDM3/3 box heights are 2 σ Quartz-monzodioritic gneiss MDM-01 2454 2674 MDM01/2 2450 2670 MDM03/6 Age [Ma] Age [Ma] MDM03/10 MDM03/9 2666 2446 MDM01/12 2442 MDM01/1 MDM3/5 2438 2662 2434 2658 Mean = 2671 ± 3 Ma MSWD = 5.6 2430 Zircon Zircon box heights are 2 σ 2374 MDM-07C Metandesite 2197 MDM01/13 Age = 2439 ± 4 Ma MSWD = 5.7 box heights are 2 σ Monzogranite MJ-36 2370 2195 MDM07C/4 2366 2193 MDM07C/8 2362 2358 MDM07C/10 Age [Ma] Age [Ma] MJ36/5 MDM07C/7 MJ36/1 2191 2189 2187 MDM07C/2 MJ36/2 2354 2185 2350 2183 Age = 2359 ± 2 Ma MSWD = 3.5 MDM07C/1 2346 Age = 2191 ± 2 Ma MSWD = 1.1 2181 Zircon Zircon box heights are 2 σ Granodiorite 2165 box heights are 2 σ MCM-18 Granodiorite MDM02/4 2100 MCM18/9 MDM-02 MCM18/8 2090 2145 MCM18/11 MCM18/12 2135 2125 MDM02/3 2080 MDM02/2 2070 Mean = 2154 ± 4 Ma MSWD = 3.2 MDM02/6 MCM18/10 Zircon 2090 Age [Ma] Age [Ma] 2155 MCM18/4 2060 box heights are 2 σ Granodiorite Age = 2085 ± 4 Ma MSWD = 2.6 Zircon MCM-58 2086 Age [Ma] 2082 MCM58/2 2078 2074 MCM58/1 MCM58/4 2070 2066 Age = 2077 ± 3 Ma MSWD = 1.7 Zircon Fig. 3. Zircon Pb-evaporation age diagrams for rocks from the central-eastern part of Bacajá domain. M.J.B. Macambira et al. / Journal of South American Earth Sciences 27 (2009) 235–246 ratios, mostly obtained at the highest evaporation temperature (1550 °C), show a very homogeneous pattern, yielding a well-defined mean age. 5.2. Quartz-monzodioritic gneiss Sample MDM01 is a gneissic quartz-monzodiorite collected at Belmonte (Fig. 2), where the outcrop is intruded by a pink medium to coarse-grained leucogranite (possibly a leucossome vein?). The gneiss is fine to medium-grained, light gray and banded, with granoblastic and lepidoblastic textures. The fabric is marked by elongated crystals of quartz and feldspar. Hornblende and biotite are subordinate, and the accessory minerals are apatite, zircon and allanite. Zircon crystals are prismatic, semitransparent, light brown to colorless, and show fractures and metamictization features. Different types of inclusions are present: long and colorless (fluid?), round, dark brown, irregular etc. The analytical results for four grains yielded a mean age of 2439 ± 4 Ma Table 1, Fig. 3) from 17 blocks and 122 isotopic ratios. Crystal # 6 was rejected since it has a slightly older age (2457 ± 5 Ma) and most likely represents an inherited grain. A similar early Siderian age (2440 ± 7 Ma obtained by Pb-evaporation on zircon) was reported by Vasquez et al. (2005) for an enclave of quartz dioritic gneiss hosted by a porphyroclastic granodiorite with an age of 2215 ± 2 Ma obtained by Pb-evaporation on zircon. The granodiorite is exposed south of Brasil Novo on the western bank of the Xingu River (Fig. 2). Additionally, Santos (2003) presented an age of 2491 ± 7 Ma (U–Pb SHRIMP) for inherited zircon crystals included in the Brasil Novo Tonalite (2182 ± 7 Ma) (Fig. 2). 241 Zircon crystals from sample MJ36 selected for analysis have rounded edges, few inclusions and fractures, and are pale brown to colorless, transparent to translucent and show faint oscillatory zoning. From seven grains analyzed, only three crystals emitted enough Pb for isotopic measurements to be useful in the age calculation (Table 1, Fig. 3). They yielded a mean age of 2191 ± 2 Ma from 104 isotopic ratios distributed in 15 blocks. Santos (2003) obtained a similar age of 2182 ± 6 Ma (zircon U– Pb SHRIMP) for a tonalite exposed near Brasil Novo, on the left margin of the Xingu River in the northwestern part of the study region (Fig. 2). 5.5. 2.15 Ga old granodiorite In Belo Monte, at the eastern margin of the Xingu River (Fig. 2), granodiorites are common. They host E–W quartz-feldspathic veins, which are folded, giving them a gneissic structure. Sample MCM18 is a medium- to fine-grained leucogranodiorite having granular to granoblastic, locally cataclastic textures and incipient foliation. Biotite and hornblende are the main mafic minerals, and titanite, apatite, zircon and allanite are accessory minerals. Zircon crystals show rounded edges, light pink color, and are translucent to transparent, with few inclusions and fractures. They have oscillatory zoning suggesting an igneous origin. The isotopic results for six grains yielded the mean age of 2154 ± 4 Ma calculated from 264 ratios in 39 blocks (Table 1, Fig. 3). Vasquez et al. (2008) presented a U–Pb SHRIMP zircon age of 2133 ± 10 Ma for a sheared tonalite from the northwestern part of the region, on the east bank of the Xingu River (Fig. 2). This rock contains 2340 Ma-old inherited zircon crystals. Additionally, a quartz monzodiorite intruded into the Três Palmeiras greenstone belt at the Galo gold mine was dated at 2160 ± 3 Ma. 5.3. Três Palmeiras metandesite 5.6. 2.08 Ga old monzogranite and granodiorite Mafic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks, metatuffs, and associated tonalites and diorites are exposed in the eastern part of the Três Palmeiras greenstone belt. These rocks are cut by gold-bearing quartz veins with arsenopyrite, pyrite and chalcopyrite related to NW–SE shear zones. Sample MDM07C, from the Zé Meneses gold mine (Fig. 2), is a metandesite with porphyroclasts of plagioclase and hornblende, in a microgranular biotite and quartz groundmass. Epidote, zircon, apatite and titanite are accessory minerals. Zircon crystals from sample MDM07C are prismatic, bipyramidal, but with slightly rounded edges. They are pale brown color, translucent to transparent, and have few inclusions and fractures. Radial cracks and long inclusions parallel to the c-axis are observed in some grains. Of the crystals selected for isotopic analysis, eight were used to calculate an age of 2359 ± 2 Ma (Table 1, Fig. 3), which was obtained from 220 isotopic ratios of 33 blocks. Two other rocks from Bacajá domain furnished similar ages by U–Pb SHRIMP on zircon (Fig. 2): a tonalite (2313 ± 9 Ma, Faraco et al., 2005), intruded into the Jacaré Complex and located close to the town of Novo Repartimento, and a metatonalite (2338 ± 5 Ma, Vasquez et al., 2008), intruded into the Três Palmeiras greenstone belt. 5.4. 2.19 Ga old monzogranite Sample MJ36 was also collected at Belmonte (Fig. 2) and is a monzogranite of medium grain size and pale gray to pink color, which cuts the MDM01 metaquartz-monzodiorite gneiss. The rock shows hipidiomorphic granular to granoblastic texture with moderate to incipient mylonitic foliation, and is locally banded. Antiperthite is present and amphibole and biotite are the mafic minerals. Accessory minerals are allanite and zircon; muscovite seems to be an alteration product. A coarse-grained biotite leucogranodiorite (sample MCM58) showing N70 W sub-horizontal magmatic foliation is exposed approximately 15 km NE from Novo Repartimento (Fig. 2). Zircon grains from sample MCM58 are euhedral, pale to dark brown, forming short prisms with few inclusions or cracks, and having weak oscillatory zoning. From seven grains selected for isotopic analysis, only three emitted enough Pb to be considered in the calculation of a mean age of 2077 ± 3 Ma (Table 1, Fig. 3), obtained from 19 blocks encompassing 140 isotopic ratios. Barros et al. (2007) analyzed a sample (MCM55b) of titanite– biotite granodiorite, collected 8 km NW from Novo Repartimento (Fig. 2). This granodiorite is considered to be a variety of the MCM58 leucogranodiorite. Four zircon crystals yielded an age of 2076 ± 6 Ma by the Pb-evaporation method. A fifth grain indicated an age of 2110 ± 11 Ma, which ‘‘probably corresponds to an inherited grain from an early stage of the long magmatic event associated with the Maroni-Itacaiúnas Province”. A foliated, medium-grained, pale pink monzongranite (sample MDM02) is exposed between Belmonte and the Manelão gold mine (Fig. 2). In this monzogranite, varietal minerals are biotite and muscovite, while zircon, allanite and apatite are accessory minerals. Zircon crystals are frequently euhedral, form long, colorless to pale brown prisms with few inclusions and fractures, and faint oscillatory zoning. Some grains have rounded edges, radial cracks and metamictization features. Four zircon grains provided isotopic results suitable for age calculation and yielded a mean age of 2085 ± 4 Ma from 72 isotopic ratios divided into 10 blocks (Table 1, Fig. 3). The petrographic features and age of sample MDM02 are very similar to those described by Souza and Kotschoubey (2005) for 242 M.J.B. Macambira et al. / Journal of South American Earth Sciences 27 (2009) 235–246 the Felício Turvo Granite (2069 ± 6 Ma, Pb-evaporation method), at the Manelão gold mine. In light of additional mapping undertaken by Faraco et al. (2005), it is possible to confirm that both samples belong to the same elongated igneous body. Similar ages to those discussed above were obtained for granitic rocks from the Bacajá domain, on the left margin of the Xingu River (Fig. 2); for example, the Belo Monte monzogranite yielded a U–Pb SHRIMP age for zircon of 2086 ± 6 Ma (Santos, 2003). To the southwest, Vasquez et al. (2005) described an inequigranular biotite monzogranite with an age of 2077 ± 2 Ma (Pb-evaporation on zircon) crosscutting a 2215 ± 2 Ma old porphyroclastic granodiorite. At the eastern end of the Bacajá domain (Fig. 2), Faraco et al. (2005) reported a U–Pb SHRIMP zircon age of 2114 + 35/ 33 Ma for a granodiorite of the Valentim Complex. 6. Whole-rock Sm–Nd isotopic data Except for sample MCD58, all samples dated by the Pb-evaporation technique were also analyzed by the Sm–Nd method. Analyses on eight additional samples were also carried out. The results are given in Table 2 and Fig. 4. There is a direct relationship between the number of samples analyzed and the estimated area of exposure of each unit in the study area. In consequence, there are more results for the younger groups compared with the older ones. Sample MDM07A, from the same gold mine where metandesite MDM07C was collected, corresponds to a metadiorite with amphibole and biotite. Taking into consideration the field relationships, and that it is isotopically similar to the metandesite MDM07C (see Table 2), it was considered to be coeval with the metandesite, and also to belong to the Três Palmeiras greenstone belt. The crustal residence ages were calculated using the De Paolo (1988) model for the depleted mantle (TDM), whereas eNd(T)(CHUR) values were calculated using the zircon ages obtained in this study. Where the ages are not available, the sample was correlated with one of the lithological units of the Bacajá domain, taking into account similarities of petrographic features and geographical distribution. Its age was assumed to be that of the unit. Since metandesite MDM07C is composed of different fragments from drill-core samples, two of them (C1 and C2) were analyzed in order to check heterogeneity in the sequence. The Sm and Nd contents of the sample set range from 2 to 9 ppm and 12 to 71 ppm, respectively, with the lower contents in the mafic to intermediate rocks from the Três Palmeiras greenstone belt. An exception is sample MCM56 (hornblende-biotite granodiorite), with 25 ppm Sm and 171 ppm Nd. Nd TDM model ages for the sample set range from 2.25 to 2.93 Ga and can be divided into two groups with Paleoproterozoic and Archean model ages. The samples with Paleoproterozoic model ages are dominated by 2.08 Ga monzogranite to granodiorite. A particular aspect of this group is that all the samples were collected in the northern part of the area, especially along the BR-230 road. Samples from all other lithological units belong to the group with Archean model ages. The higher eNd(T) values are close to zero and correspond to samples of the group with Paleoproterozoic model ages (eNd(T) from 0.60 to +0.83) and also to the mafic to intermediate rocks of the Três Palmeiras greenstone belt (eNd(T) from –0.87 to +0.78). A special case is represented by sample MDM03 (Archean tonalitic gneiss), with one sample showing the highest eNd(T) value (+2.7). Apart from these samples, the others have negative eNd(T) values ranging from 2.9 to 8.3, typical of rocks with a crustal origin. In summary, taking into account the division into lithological units and the Nd isotopic data, the samples from the study area can be divided into the following geochronological and isotopic groups: 1. Paleoproterozoic monzogranite and granodiorite (2.08 and 2.15 Ga) with Paleoproterozoic Nd TDM ages (2.25–2.47 Ga) and eNd(T) close to zero, between 0.60 and +0.83; 2. Paleoproterozoic monzogranite to granodiorite and quartzmonzodioritic gneiss (2.08–2.44 Ga) with Archean Nd TDM ages (2.57–2.93 Ga) and negative eNd(T), between 8.33 and 2.9; 3. Paleoproterozoic mafic to intermediate rock (2.36 Ga) with Archean Nd TDM ages (2.56–2.71 Ga) and eNd(T) close to zero, between 0.87 and +0.78, and 4. Archean tonalitic gneiss (2.67 Ga) with Archean Nd TDM age (2.65 Ga) and positive eNd(T) (+2,66). 7. Discussion Table 3 summarizes the geochronological data available for igneous and metaigneous rocks from central-eastern Bacajá Table 2 Whole-rock Sm–Nd isotopic results from the central-eastern part of the Bacajá domain. Sample Sm (ppm) Nd (ppm) 147 Sm/144Nd 2.67 Ga Archean tonalitic gneiss MDM03 3.47 16.32 0.12845 2.44 Ga Siderian gneisses MDM01 13.05 71.42 0.11048 2.36 and 2.31 Ga Siderian metandesites and metadiorites MDM07C1 2.50 12.19 0.12412 MDM07C2 2.84 13.76 0.12485 MDM07A 2.47 11.95 0.12490 2.22–2.18 Ga Rhyacian granitoids MJ36 8.16 52.20 0.09448 MJ37 7.08 45.07 0.09492 2.16 to 2.13 Ga Rhyacian granitoids MCM18 2.37 17.60 0.08140 2.09 to 2.07 Ga Rhyacian granitoids MCM27 9.04 53.42 0.10234 MCM54 1.95 12.63 0.09319 MCM55 6.13 44.93 0.08248 MCM56 25.19 171.07 0.08903 MDM02 3.90 25.49 0.09257 MDM04 7.44 38.16 0.11787 MDM08 5.32 23.51 0.13691 MDM09 2.44 19.61 0.07506 * Estimated age. 143 Nd/144Nd (±2r) f (Sm/Nd) eNd(0) t(zircon) (Ga) eNd(t) TDM (Ga) 2.66 2.65 0.511571 (22) 0.3470 20.81 2.67 0.511104 (17) 0.4383 29.92 2.44 2.90 2.89 0.511549 (23) 0.511476 (31) 0.511549 (16) 0.3690 0.3653 0.3650 21.24 22.67 21.24 2.36 2.36 2.36 0.78 0.87 0.55 2.56 2.71 2.58 0.510774 (15) 0.510912 (12) 0.5197 0.5174 36.36 33.67 2.19 2.19 7.63 5.04 2.93 2.76 0.511013 (32) 0.5862 31.70 2.15 0.21 2.35 0.511132 (10) 0.511266 (26) 0.511047(22) 0.510957 (08) 0.510806 (14) 0.511376 (16) 0.511804 (13) 0.510642 (28) 0.4797 0.5262 0.5807 0.5474 0.5294 0.4008 0.3040 0.6184 29.38 26.76 31.04 32.79 35.74 24.62 16.27 38.94 2.08 2.08 2.08 2.08 2.08 2.08 2.08 2.08 4.25 0.83 0.60 4.12 7.89 3.63 0.34 6.55 2.63 2.25 2.33 2.57 2.84 2.67 2.47 2.66 * * * * * * * 243 M.J.B. Macambira et al. / Journal of South American Earth Sciences 27 (2009) 235–246 15 -5 -10 -10 -15 -15 -20 -20 Pre-Trans-Amazonian rocks -25 -35 -40 Carajás Block Trans-Amazonian rocks 2.19 Ga monzogranite MJ36 MJ37 2.15 Ga granodiorite MCM18 2.08 Ga monzogranite to granodiorite MDM02 MCM27 MDM04 MCM54 MDM08 MCM55 MDM09 MCM56 -25 2.67 Ga tonalitic gneiss MDM03 2.44 Ga quartz-monzodioritic gneiss MDM01 2.36 Ga metandesite and metadiorite MDM07C1 MDM07C2 MDM07A -30 -30 -35 -40 -45 -50 1.0 CHUR 0 -5 -45 DM 5 CHUR 0 B 10 DM 5 ε (Nd) 15 A 10 Carajás Block -50 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.4 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 T(Ga) 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.4 T(Ga) Fig. 4. eNd vs. time diagram from the central-eastern part of Bacajá domain: A – Pre-Trans-Amazonian rocks, and B – Trans-Amazonian rocks. Field of Archean rocks from Carajás block is also plotted (see text for references). domain, including those obtained in this work. Only zircon analyses (U–Pb SHRIMP and Pb-evaporation) were considered in order to better constrain the timing of the magmatic events. The rocks are Neoarchean and Paleoproterozoic (Siderian and Rhyacian periods). Taking into consideration the ages of the rocks and their geological setting, the following magmatic events, and their most probable tectonic settings may be recognized in the Bacajá domain: 1. Archean tonalitic gneiss, whose protolith was formed at ca. 2.67 Ga, occurs at the Manelão gold mine, and is included in the Xingu Complex (Souza and Kotschoubey, 2005). At the sampling site, evidence that clarifies the origin and the genetic relationship of this gneiss with the surrounding rocks was not observed. Since it is the oldest rock in the domain, adjacent rocks intrude or cover it (Souza and Kotschoubey, 2005). Correlation with Archean rocks in the adjacent Carajás block in the Central Amazonian Province seems unlikely. In the Carajás block, the rocks are older (3.00–2.76 Ga), and have generally higher Nd TDM ages, mainly 2.9–3.20 Ga (e.g. Olszewski et al., 1989; Sato and Tassinari, 1997; Dall’Agnol et al., 1999b; Teixeira et al., 2002; Rämö et al., 2002; Galarza, 2002; Rolando and Macambira, 2003; Barros et al., 2004), whereas the Manelão mine gneiss is clearly juvenile. Unless new results show that these rocks played a significant role in the evolution of the Bacajá domain, a possible working hypothesis is that this gneiss is just a small fragment of older crust, trapped during the accretion of arcs which probably generated the Bacajá domain during the Paleoproterozoic. Its isotopic characteristics suggest that the protolith was an island-arc or TTG suite. Another Archean Table 3 Geochronological data available for zircon from igneous and metaigneous rocks of the central-eastern of the Bacajá domain. Rock type/lithological unit/sample Area 2.67 Ga Archean tonalitic gneiss Tonalitic gneiss/MDM03A Manelão gold mine Siderian gneisses of 2.44 Ga Quartz-dioritic gneiss Brasil Novo Quartz-monzodioritic gneiss/MDM01 Belmonte village 2.36 and 2.31 Ga Siderian metatonalites and metandesites Metandesite/Três Palmeiras/MDM07C Zé Meneses gold mine Porphyroclastic metatonalite Bacajá River Tonalite/Jacaré Complex Novo Repartimento 2.22–2.18 Ga Rhyacian granitoids Porphyroclastic granodiorite Brasil Novo Monzogranite/MJ36 Belmonte Tonalite Brasil Novo 2.16–2.13 Ga Rhyacian granitoids Quartz monzodiorite Galo gold mine Leucogranodiorite/MCM18 Belo Monte Sheared tonalite Xingu River-Brasil Novo Granodiorite/Valentim Complex Novo Repartimento 2.09–2.07 Ga Rhyacian granitoids Belo Monte Monzogranite Belo Monte Leucogranodiorite/MCM58 Novo Repartimento Granodiorite Novo Repartimento Felício Turvo Granite/MDM02 Manelão gold mine Felício Turvo Granite Manelão gold mine Monzogranite Xingu River-Brasil Novo Zircon age (Ma) magmatic/inherited Method Ref. 2671 ± 3 Pb-evaporation 1 2440 ± 7 2439 ± 4 Pb-evaporation Pb-evaporation 3 1 2359 ± 2 2338 ± 5 2314 ± 9 Pb-evaporation U–Pb SHRIMP U–Pb SHRIMP 1 4 5 2215 ± 2/2524 ± 5 2191 ± 2 2182 ± 6/2491 ± 7 Pb-evaporation Pb-evaporation U–Pb SHRIMP 3 1 2 2160 ± 3 2154 ± 4 2133 ± 10/2340 2114 +35/-33 U–Pb SHRIMP Pb-evaporation U–Pb SHRIMP U–Pb SHRIMP 4 1 4 5 2086 ± 6 2077 ± 3 2076 ± 6/2110 ± 11 2085 ± 4 2069 ± 6 2077 ± 2 U–Pb SHRIMP Pb-evaporation Pb-evaporation Pb-evaporation Pb-evaporation Pb-evaporation 2 1 6 1 7 3 References: 1 – this work; 2 – Santos (2003); 3 – Vasquez et al. (2005); 4 – Vasquez et al. (I 2008); 5 – Faraco et al. (2005); 6 – Barros et al. (2007); 7 – Souza et al. (2003). 244 M.J.B. Macambira et al. / Journal of South American Earth Sciences 27 (2009) 235–246 gneiss is exposed at the western end of the Bacajá domain, south of Uruará, outside the area showing in Fig. 2. It is a 2503 ± 10 Ma old tonalitic gneiss with inherited crystals dated at 2581 ± 6 Ma (U–Pb SHRIMP on zircon, Santos, 2003). 2. Siderian granitoids crystallized at ca. 2.44 Ga and were later transformed into quartz-dioritic gneiss (Brasil Novo area) and quartz-monzodioritic gneiss (Belmonte area). At the Brasil Novo area, the quartz-dioritic gneiss is a xenolith included in Rhyacian granitoids. Apart from the Nd results for the Belmonte gneiss, which suggest an origin from melting of older Archean crustal rocks (Table 2), their situation is similar to that of the Archean gneiss of Bacajá domain, i.e., there is no clear evidence to speculate about the origin of these rocks. The hypothesis suggested here that these Siderian gneisses are simply small remnants of older continental crust (in a continental arc?) needs confirmation. 3. Siderian metatonalites, metadiorites and metandesites (2.36– 2.31 Ga, Table 3) are associated with the Três Palmeiras greenstone belt and with the Jacaré Complex, in the northwestern and northeastern parts of the study area (Fig. 2), respectively. According to Jorge João et al. (1987), the compositions of the Três Palmeiras mafic rocks range from island-arc tholeiite to MORB. On the other hand, the Nd isotopes (Table 2) denote a common mantle source, and no or very little crustal contamination for both metandesite and metadiorite. This, added to characteristics previously described, is indicative of an island-arc environment. In spite of the absence of conclusive evidence to characterize the tectonic setting of the Três Palmeiras greenstone belt and surrounding gneiss and metagranitoid units, it is thought that remnants of an oceanic floor are present, as has been suggested for the northern part of Maroni-Itacaiúna Province – Guiana shield (Vanderhaeghe et al., 1998). These supracrustal rocks in the Bacajá domain, together with the 2.44 Ga gneisses, are the first Siderian rocks reported in the Amazonian craton, and represent a unique feature that contrasts with other domains of the Maroni-Itacaiúnas Province. The Jacaré Complex (Novo Repartimento area) was described by Faraco et al. (2005) as a 2313 ± 9 Ma old (SHRIMP age for a tonalite) association of protomylonitic monzogranite, metamonzogranite, metatonalite, metagranogranodite, tonalite and metasienogranite. However, Barros et al. (2007) reported the age of 2076 ± 6 Ma for a granodiorite from the same area, in agreement, therefore, with the age of 2077 ± 3 Ma reported here for another granodiorite sample (Fig. 2, Table 3). Our Sm–Nd results (Table 2) suggest the participation of a juvenile component in the northern part of the region, corroborating the homogeneity of the rock types as suggested by Barros et al. (2007). Since tonalite is a subordinate rock type in the area, the hypothesis that Siderian rocks have restricted occurrences remains to be tested; they might represent remnants of plutonic rocks associated with the Três Palmeiras greenstone belt. 4. Rhyacian granitoids are widespread in the northern part of the Bacajá domain and are represented by different rocks types. Tonalite, granodiorite and monzogranite were emplaced roughly in this sequence during an igneous event which lasted for approximately 140 My. Few detailed petrographic and structural studies have been carried out on the Bacajá domain (Vasquez et al., 2005; Barros et al., 2007), and the observation that the older rocks are more deformed than the younger ones needs confirmation. Despite the scarcity of data, it is possible to trace a parallel with other better studied domains of the Maroni-Itacaiúnas Province. In this way, the Rhyacian granitoids can be separated into subgroups, which may correspond to different stages (or orogenies: Santos, 2003) of the tectono-magmatic evolution of the TransAmazonian cycle, as already suggested for the northern part of the province, the Guiana shield (e.g. Vanderhaeghe et al., 1998; Delor et al., 2003; Santos, 2003; Rosa-Costa et al., 2006). Monzogranite, tonalite and quartz monzodiorite showing hipidiomorphic granular to granoblastic texture with moderate to incipient mylonitic foliation, locally banded, are recognized in the Brasil Novo and Belmonte areas. They were intruded between 2.22 and 2.18 Ga into older continental crust, as indicated by their Nd isotopic compositions (Nd TDM ages = 2.9 and 2.8 Ga; eNd(T) = 5.0 and 8.3) and by the presence of inherited zircon grains (2491 ± 7 Ma and 2524 ± 5 Ma, see Table 3). The evidence corroborates the tectonic setting as a continental arc at the margin of an Archean continent, representing, therefore, the fist stage of the TransAmazonian cycle. The period between 2.16 and 2.13 Ga is characterized by the emplacement of tonalite, quartz monzodiorite and granodiorite in the northwestern part of the region. They cross cut the Três Palmeiras greenstone belt, which had been already accreted to the continental margin. A particular feature of this phase, which contrasts with the previous, is the presence of juvenile material (Table 2). In fact, this period corresponds to the main granitogenesis in the Guiana shield, similarly correlated with the evolution of a continental arc (e.g. Vanderhaeghe et al., 1998; Delor et al., 2003; Rosa-Costa et al., 2006). The rocks formed in the central-eastern Bacajá domain during the short period of time from 2.09 to 2.07 Ga mainly comprise granodiorites, monzogranites with subordinate syenogranites (Felício Turvo Granite), and charnockites with preserved igneous textures. They predominate in the northern part of the study region, where Barros et al. (2007) reported a belt of calc-alkaline Itype granitoids. Nd isotopes allowed the classification of these rocks into two groups: granitoids with Paleoproterozoic Nd TDM ages (2.25–2.47 Ga) and eNd(T) close to zero, between 0.60 and +0.83, and granitoids with Archean Nd TDM ages (2.57–2.84 Ga) and eNd(T) essentially negative, between 7.9 and 3.6. These data lead to the proposal that both juvenile and Archean reworked crusts are the sources for the last magmatic products of the Trans-Amazonian cycle. Some degree of mixing generated intermediate Nd TDM ages values. 8. Conclusions Although a Paleoproterozoic evolution for the Bacajá domain was proposed several decades ago (Amaral, 1974; Cordani et al., 1979), its geology is still very poorly known, especially when compared with that of the adjacent Carajás block. Over the last years, efforts of teams from the Federal University of Pará and CPRM-Brazilian Geological Survey have improved the knowledge about the domain, allowing the tracing of parallels with other areas of the Maroni-Itacaiúnas Province, especially those in the Guiana shield. Our new geological and isotopic results combined with previous data lead to the proposal of a comprehensive multi-stage evolution for the eastern part of the Bacajá domain, starting during the Neoarchean and ending at the Rhyacian. Neoarchean tonalitic gneiss (2671 ± 3 Ma) included into the Xingu Complex is the oldest rock recorded in the Bacajá domain. Due to its composition and juvenile nature, it probably represents a remnant of an island arc or TTG suite and marks an early stage of crust formation. Another probable remnant is represented by Siderian gneisses crystallized at ca. 2.44 Ga. Contrasting with the Neoarchean gneiss, protholiths of these rocks represent reworked continental crust, most likely in a continental arc. Despite the uncertainty about the origin of these gneisses, it is evident that these rocks cannot be correlated with the Archean rocks of the M.J.B. Macambira et al. / Journal of South American Earth Sciences 27 (2009) 235–246 Carajás block, which are older and originated from reworking of a ca. 2.9–3.2 Ga crust. The Três Palmeiras greenstone succession forms NW–SE belts affected by shear zones and hosting gold deposits. Its volcano-plutonic association, emplaced between 2.36 and 2.34 Ga, represents the first Siderian supracrustal rocks recorded in the Amazonian craton. This succession is surrounded by younger continental rocks, suggesting that it was part of a probable island arc/oceanic floor accreted to the continental margin, a hypothesis corroborated by its chemical composition and juvenile origin indicated by Nd isotopes. Rhyacian granitoids were intruded at different times during an interval of ca. 140 My (2.22–2.08 Ga), marking at least three stages of the Trans-Amazonian cycle. In general, the granitoids related to the younger stages are chemically more evolved and less deformed. The first stage is represented by granitoids produced at 2.22–2.18 Ga by melting of the Archean crust in a probable continental arc setting. The second encompasses 2.16–2.13 Ga old granitoids which display a larger juvenile component in their original magmas. Finally, the third stage (2.09–2.07 Ga) was mainly characterized by the emplacement of granodiorites, monzogranites (Felício Turvo Granite), and charnockites produced from melting of either juvenile or reworked crust during soft collisions. The present-day configuration of the lithological units of the area investigated suggests that the collision of the Bacajá domain against the Archean Carajás block occurred during the Trans-Amazonian cycle. Although only a few Nd analyses are available, especially in the northern part of the domain, the Nd TDM ages and eNd(T) reveal that juvenile rocks dominated in the north, whereas in the south, approaching the boundary with the Carajás block, a reworked crust predominates. No clear contribution of the Carajás block was observed on the rocks of the Bacajá domain, although mixing processes could mask the evidences of this inheritance. 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