Identifying Pathfinder Elements for Gold in Soil ...
Identification of pathfinder elements for Au was executed in DagbalaAtte District of Igarra Schist Belt, southwestern Nigeria. It involved sampling residual soil from 49 sites in a grid pattern; analyzing the soil samples for eight elements including Ag, As, Au, Cu, Fe, Mn, Pb and Sb; and subjecting the geochemical data generated to multivariate statistical analysis such as correlation matrix ...