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JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION
Volume 73, Issue 1, Pages 1-10Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6742(01)00169-8
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gold; pathfinder elements; geochemical halos; soil geochemistry; Portugal
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This paper discusses some geochemical mapping techniques and their effectiveness in detecting of gold and its pathfinder's geochemical anomalies. The study area (Marrancos area) is situated in Northern Portugal. Gold occurs in a quartz breccia with pyrite and arsenopyrite hosted by metamorphic rocks (hornfels) and it is present in these two sulphide minerals as inclusions or disseminated in the crystal lattice. In this area, the geochemical anomalies obtained by isoconcentration mapping of single elements were difficult to interpret. The use of alternative geochemical mapping such as multielement halos (additive halos) proved to be effective in the definition of Au, As, Bi, Sb, Te and Se secondary geochemical signature. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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