Research Article
The Au-Hosting Minerals and Process of Formation of the Carlin-Type Bojitian Deposit, Southwestern China
Table 2
Detection limits of EPMA analyses of minerals that host gold and that occur with gold.
| | Elements | Peak count time (s) | Background count time (s) | Detection limit (wt.%) |
| | Au | 40 | 20 | 0.03 | | As | 30 | 15 | 0.02 | | S | 10 | 5 | 0.01 | | Fe | 10 | 5 | 0.03 | | Se | 30 | 15 | 0.02 | | Ag | 30 | 15 | 0.01 | | Cu | 10 | 5 | 0.05 | | Te | 30 | 15 | 0.02 | | Co | 40 | 20 | 0.03 | | Pb | 20 | 10 | 0.03 | | Ni | 40 | 20 | 0.02 | | Bi | 20 | 10 | 0.02 | | Zn | 10 | 5 | 0.04 | | Sb | 20 | 10 | 0.02 |
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