This article presents the results of a petrogenetic and geochemical study carried out for granitoid plutons of the G1 Suite of the Araçuaí orogen, exposed in the region between Governador Valadares and Ipanema (MG). The G1 Suite comprises three distinct lithofacies, namely enderbitic-tonalitic, granodioritictonalitic and granitic, which show chemical characteristics similar to an expanded calc-alkaline, metaluminous to slightly peraluminous I-type assemblage. Investigation results indicate that each individual G1 lithofacies represents an evolutionary stage of granitic magmatism, the enderbitic-tonalitic and granitic corresponding to the least and most differentiated components, respectively. Together with the volcanic rocks of the Rio Doce Group, the studied G1 rocks made up the magmatic arc of the Araçuaí orogen, developed on a continental margin between 630 and 585 Ma.
G1 Suite; Araçuaí orogen; Rio Doce Group; magmatic arc; Neoproterozoic
