Geochemical dispersion of gold-bearing quartz veins in the Wadi Abu Khusheiba area in Southern Jordan

Table 4 Chemical analysis of trace elements (in ppm) in the rock, vein and stream sediment samples.

Sample Id	Sample types	Au(ppm)	Ag(ppm)	Cu(ppm)	Pb(ppm)	As(ppm)	Ba(ppm)	Sb(ppm)	Mo(ppm)	Zn(ppm)
R1	Host rock	< 1	< 1	66	11	5	220	0.6	2	54
R2	Host rock	< 1	< 1	51	4	6	60	0.8	1.8	66
R3	Host rock	< 1	< 1	30,240	151	8	6996	0.41	1.6	39
R4	Weathered host rock	< 1	0.06	5228	13	9	1259	0.9	1.35	66
R5	Weathered host rock	0.001	0.96	2030	15	11.2	1310	1.14	1.32	67
Vn1	Hanging wall rock	5	18	293	12.5	4.1	480	1.23	4.5	63
VF1	foot wall	1.8	5.6	80	4	5	370	1.1	5.1	70
Vm1	Mineralized vein	3	9.2	525	9	3	400	2.2	4.3	50
Vt1	Alteration zone	< 1	< 1	811	7	4.5	440	1.2	4.8	65
Vt2	Alteration zone	< 1	0.02	25	45	2.7	620	1.01	2.1	990
Vm2	Mineralized vein	1.2	2.3	30	56.6	3.6	800	1.02	2.1	1590
Vn2	Hanging wall	0.8	1.7	32	41	4.2	820	1.02	1.9	1340
VB3	Brecciated vein	0.005	6.02	45	25	3.2	420	0.23	0.22	41
Vh3	Host rock	< 1	0.001	48	18	2.7	330	0.27	0.35	35
Vm3	Mineralized vein	0.009	0.03	43	22	3.3	470	0.28	0.38	40
Vm4	Mineralized vein	0.717	1.61	30	147	1.5	590	0.88	2.21	32
Vh4	Host rock	0.320	0.02	25	80	1.3	630	0.78	2.13	28
Vf4	foot wall	0.11	0.001	30	77	1.36	490	0.76	1.97	35
Vm5	Mineralized vein	4.27	2.27	24	8.6	5	1370	2.04	3.5	39
Vh5	Host rock	1.2	2.34	28	7.7	4	1260	2.01	2.22	41
Vt3	Alteration zone	0.007	1.3	23	8.9	2.6	2214	2.06	1.98	33
Vm6	Mineralized vein	0.004	0.22	13.1	10	2.6	1140	0.68	2.22	78
Vh6	Host rock	< 1	0.005	11.5	7	1.9	1132	0.55	2.14	80
Vf6	foot wall	< 1	0.007	10.6	8.9	2.1	1201	0.65	2.22	79
S1	Stream sediment	0.0009	0.017	20	15	3.23	425	0.172	0.34	17
S2	Stream sediment	0.0012	0.25	22	15	2.87	337	0.183	0.58	13.8
S3	Stream sediment	0.0025	0.027	14.3	7.32	1.51	473	0.115	0.81	20.6
S4	Stream sediment	0.0011	0.014	9.24	6.52	1.59	591	0.151	0.35	13

Bold markings indicate statistically anomalous values for specific elements in each sample

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