Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Gold Bearing Quartz Veins and Soils in Parts of Maru Schist Belt Area, Northwestern Nigeria

Table 4

Trace element of gold bearing quartz veins analysed with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry technique.

Sample number →	O6	O7	O8	O10	Min	Max	Mean
Trace element (ppm) ↓
Ni	2.5	16.1	7.8	15.1	2.5	16.1	4.40
As	1	92	3.1	43.8	1	92	11.20
Sr	2.6	3.3	22.7	3.6	2.6	22.7	1.55
Ba	11	6.8	36.6	29	6.8	36.6	10
La	0.5	0.7	21.6	3.3	0.5	21.6	0.95
Ce	1.84	2.23	40.8	4.88	1.84	40.8	1.68
Cr	9.3	76.4	25.2	6.8	6.8	76.4	4.03
Pb	3.51	157	28	19.9	3.51	157	5.85
Co	0.5	23.1	4.9	56.4	0.5	56.4	14.23
Cu	15	798	16.6	156	15	798	42.75
Zn	7	544	12.5	21.9	7	544	7.23
Au	7.8	6980	26.3	26.5	7.8	6980	8.58
K	10	10	60	20	10	60	25.00
As	1	92	3.1	43.8	1	92	34.98
Ba	11	6.8	36.6	29	6.8	36.6	20.85
Rb	0.3	0.2	2.8	1.1	0.3	2.8	1.10
Sr	2.6	3.3	22.7	3.6	2.6	22.7	8.05
K/Rb	33.33	50.00	21.43	18.18	18.18	50.00	30.74
K/Ba	0.91	1.47	1.64	0.69	0.69	1.64	1.18
Ba/Rb	36.67	34.00	13.07	26.36	13.07	36.67	27.53
Rb/Sr	0.12	0.06	0.12	0.31	0.06	0.31	0.15