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

Table 5 FESEM-EDX semiquantitative chemical analysis for select representative samples of vein rocks; the results are provided in wt.%

Sample Id	Sample type	O	Al	Si	K	As	Mg	Ag	Au	Pb	Fe	Ca	Cu	Zn	Na
Vn1	Hanging wall	65.6	0.44	33.85	0.09	0.01	0	0	0.01	0.01	0	0	0	0	0
Vf1	Foot wall	62.69	7.06	22.72	7.44	0	0	0.02	0.01	0.04	0.08	0	0	0	0
Vm2	Mineralized vein	65.55	0.59	33.86	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vb3	Brecciated	53.03	5.73	32.46	2.86	0.16	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.99	0.11	0	2.94
Vm3	Mineralized vein	50.85	8.2	28.89	10.97	0.03	0	0	0	0	0.61	0.02	0	0	0.36
Vm4	Mineralized vein	53.23	4.76	34.42	5.65	0.11	0	0.06	0	0.05	1.05	0.18	0	0	0.48
Vm5	Mineralized vein	61.67	7.67	22.15	7.94	0.05	0	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.37
Vn5	Hanging wall	52.88	7.21	27.98	5.93	0	0.26	0	0	0	1.5	0.24	0	0.09	1.85
Vh5	Host rock	54.67	7.92	27.85	4.67	0	0.31	0	0	0	0.72	0.39	0.39	0	3.03

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