Estudo faciológico e geoquímico dos evaporitos do membro ipubi (formação santana) nas minas Pedra Branca e Conceição Preta, município de Santana do Carirí - Ceará

Abstract

This work aims to study the genetic and paleo Ipubi member of the Santana Formation, mines Pedra Branca and Preta Conception, in the municipality of Santana do Cariri, situated in the Araripe, the southern portion of the state of Ceará. The methodology used was a survey of stratigraphic sections in mines and facies description, using Petrographic Description, X-ray Diffraction and X-Ray Fluorescence At work, were identified in petrographic analyzes the evaporite sequence undergoes the processes of diagenesis of anhydrite to gypsum almost complete, the analysis of X-ray diffraction showed that the clay minerals in the unit are well trained and consist of nontronite and saponite, already analysis of evaporitic rocks showed the predominance of CaSO4.2H20 (gypsum). For tests of X-ray Fluorescence, clay minerals are composed of SiO2, F2O3, Al2O3 and CaO, preliminarily. The unit was divided and two sets facies analysis: composition of pelitic and gipsitico interspersed, where the pelitic facies is composed of shale, marl and limestone, gypsum facies gipsitico by white, gray and brown, with crystals in rosettes, with mass and fibrous habit . Been proposed to drive the paleoenvironment of the deposit would be the trainer of evaporitic lagoons, with no influence or marine waters and the genesis for a deposit as type sabkhas.