Paleoproterozoic granitoids intruding the Archean greenstone belt of Rio das Velhas are found in the region of Lagoa Dourada, which belongs to the Mineiro Belt. The granitoids are cut by amphibolitized mafi c rocks which contain xenoliths of granulite facies rocks. The rocks are mafi c granulites, characterized by their granoblastic texture and by parageneses orthopyroxene-clinopyroxene-amphibole-plagioclase. As secondary minerals, actinolite, carbonate, epidote, cummingtonite, garnet and quartz can be found. Geothermometric determinations based on the mineral pairs orthopyroxene-clinopyroxene and amphibole-plagioclase yielded temperature values between 700ºC and 853ºC. The secondary mineral phases are interpreted as a result of a younger metamorphic event.
Mineiro Belt; mafic granulites; mineral chemistry; geothermometry
