The Amazon region is characterized by dense equatorial forest, thick soil cover and rainy weather. This makes airborne geophysics a key tool for lithologic and structural mapping and improvement of preexisting geological maps. This paper presents an application study of airborne magnetic and gamma-ray spectrometric data in the Serra Leste region, Carajás Mineral Province, providing discussions about the geophysical signatures of specific lithologies and strategies to constrain favorable targets for exploration of Au-Pd-Pt, Cr-PGE, Cu-Mo-Au and Fe deposits.
airborne geophysics; geological characterization; mineral exploration; Carajás Mineral Province
