A synthesis of the national-scale geochemical survey in the last 50 years in Brazil
At the end of the 19th century, classical geochemistry arrived in Brazil through Henri Gorceix, being primarily used in his studies of mineralogy and petrology. Meanwhile, exploration geochemical arrives later, in the mid-20th century. But it was only in the late 1960s that systematic survey at the...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais (CPRM) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional de Geociências - RIGEO |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:rigeo.sgb.gov.br:doc/25381 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://rigeo.sgb.gov.br/handle/doc/25381 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | GEOQUÍMICA MAPEAMENTO GEOQUÍMICO GEOQUÍMICA DE EXPLORAÇÃO GEOCHEMISTRY NATIONAL SURVEY GEOCHEMICAL MAPPING EXPLORATION GEOCHEMISTRY |
| Sumario: | At the end of the 19th century, classical geochemistry arrived in Brazil through Henri Gorceix, being primarily used in his studies of mineralogy and petrology. Meanwhile, exploration geochemical arrives later, in the mid-20th century. But it was only in the late 1960s that systematic survey at the national level began, starting with the creation of CPRM - Geological Service of Brazil, culminating in over 50 years of uninterrupted activities, providing coverage of the entire country at various scales: global (7.3%), national (6.2%), regional (22.7%), and local (2.3%). Throughout this period, 681 projects were carried out and a variety of sample matrices were collected, such as stream sediment (226,792), soil (122,202), heavy-mineral pan concentrate (107,959), rock (56,807), among others (8,258), totaling 522,018 samples so far. All this collection has been progressively recovered, compiled, and organized into a robust public database (open access), developed by CPRM - Geological Service of Brazil. More recently, high-density geochemical surveys were conducted in partnership with the China Geological Survey with the aim of comparing analytical and sampling methodologies. For the future (until 2050), two main actions are planned: 1) an expectation of an increase in the coverage of high-density prospecting surveys, ranging from 951,386 km² (restrictive scenario: 11.2% of Brazilian territory) to 2,204,778 km² (favorable scenario: 25.9% of Brazilian territory); 2) a forecast of Brazil's participation in the Global Geochemical Baselines Program, where sampling will be subdivided by regions – North (736), Central-West (225), Northeast (305), and South-Southeast (343) – totaling 1,609 sampling cells. |
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