SEDIMENT-HOSTED PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS.
Journal of Geochemical Exploration
By: W.C. Bagby, W. J. Pickthorn, R. Goldfarb, and R.A. Hill
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Abstract
The Dee mine is a sediment-hosted, disseminated gold deposit in the Roberts Mountains allochthon of north central Nevada. Soil samples were collected from the C-horizon in undisturbed areas over the deposit in order to investigate the usefulness of soil geochemistry in identifying this type of deposit. Each sample was sieved to minus 80 mesh and analyzed quantitatively for Au, Ag, As, Sb, Hg, Tl and semi-quantitative data for an additional 31 elements. Rank sum analysis is successful for the Au, Ag, As, Sb, Hg, Tl suite, even though bedrock geology is disregarded. This method involves data transformation into a total element signature by ranking the data in ascending order and summing the element ranks for each sample. The rank sums are then divided into percentile groups and plotted. The rank sum plot for the Dee soils unequivocally identifies three of four known ore zones.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | SEDIMENT-HOSTED PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS. |
| Series title | Journal of Geochemical Exploration |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Year Published | 1984 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Journal of Geochemical Exploration |
| First page | 245 |
| Conference Title | Explor for Ore Dep of the North Am Cordillera, Sel Pap of the Symp of the Assoc of Explor Geochem |
| Conference Location | Reno, NV, USA |
| Conference Date | 25 March 1984 through 28 March 1984 |
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