This work presents the interpretation of magnetometric data obtained for the Oliveira region (1:100,000 scale), located into the southern portion of the São Francisco Craton (Minas Gerais, Brazil). The geology of this region encompasses Archean igneous and metamorphic rocks of the Campo Belo Metamorphic Complex, (Archean and Proterozoic) supracrustal sequences and a Proterozoic mafic dike swarm. Due to advanced weathering, the region lacks rock outcrops and in this particular case magnetometry plays an important role. Thus, the interpretation of geophysical data allowed the characterization of five major structural lineament families, named L, M, N, O and P, at the regional sialic substrate. Field Geologic mapping confirmed these lineaments which are predominantly related to two (gabbronoritic and gabbroic) mafic dike families, metaultramafites, iron formations and faults.
magnetometry; Southern São Francisco Craton; Minas Gerais
