Iron Oxide Mineralization at the Contact Zone Between Phyllite and Itabirite of the Pau Branco Deposit, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil—Implications for Fluid-Rock Interaction During Iron Ore Formation

This study examines the whole-rock geochemistry and laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) iron oxide chemistry of itabirite and related iron ore, as well as underlying phyllitic wall rock, of the Pau Branco iron ore deposit, Quadrilatero Ferrifero, Brazil. The phyllite and iron ore of Pau Branco extend from hypogene deep-seated into supergene weathered zones. The phyllitic sequence that underlies the...