minerals Article Gold in Paleoproterozoic (2.1 to 1.77 Ga) Continental Magmatic Arcs at the Tapajós and Juruena Mineral Provinces (Amazonian Craton, Brazil): A New Frontier for the Exploration of Epithermal–Porphyry and Related Deposits Caetano Juliani 1,*, Rafael Rodrigues de Assis 1 , Lena Virgínia Soares Monteiro 1, Carlos Marcello Dias Fernandes 2, José Eduardo Zimmermann da Silva Martins 1 and Jhoseph Ricardo Costa e Costa 2 1 Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de São Paulo-USP, Rua do Lago 562, São Paulo 05508-080, Brazil;
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[email protected] Assis, R.; Virgínia Soares Monteiro, L.; Marcello Dias Fernandes, C.; Eduardo Abstract: This review paper aims to integrate geological, tectonic and metallogenetic data, including Zimmermann da Silva Martins, J.; new data, and propose a regional model for the gold (and base metal) mineralization in the south Ricardo Costa e Costa, J. Gold in Amazonian Craton to support the mineral exploration concerning magmatic–hydrothermal deposits. Paleoproterozoic (2.1 to 1.77 Ga) The Proterozoic evolution of the Amazonian Craton comprises the accretion of terrains to the Continental Magmatic Arcs at the Archean Carajás Mineral Province. In the Tapajós and Juruena mineral provinces, located at the Tapajós and Juruena Mineral south part of the Amazonian craton, a long-lived ocean–continent subduction event produced ca.