Examples of Regional Reconnaissance

Geochemistry Data
 Map of Sb distribution in the Kalgoorlie District
Note the scale of the hydrothermal footprint!

Paddington

Mt Pleasant

Kanowna Belle
Mt Charlotte
Kundana
Golden Mile

10 km
Binduli

Data from the PlacerDome RAB-aircore EOH multi-element database, 2005

 Darlot, 4m oz

Agnew, 5m oz Thunderbox, 2m oz

Sons of Gwalia, 10m oz

Tarmoola, 2m oz

Data from the GSWA Regolith geochem programs;

1:250,000 scale. Average sample density = 1 sample per 16km2
 Ontario Geological Survey
Hydro Geochemistry – Red Lake District
Antimony in lake water

Campbell-Red Lake
 Soil Geochemistry Sb
Archean Greenstone
Golden Pride
Tanzania

Sample spacing = 1km by 1km

Bi
Yilgarn Laterite
 Yilgarn Laterite
CSIRO – GSWA
Sample spacing = 1 sample per 100km2
Yilgarn Laterite
CSIRO - GSWA
GSWA “Regolith” Geochemistry

Cu/Sc ratios from the GSWA “Regolith” data.

Smith, D.B., Cannon, W.F., Woodruff, L.G., Solano, Federico,
and Ellefsen, K.J., 2014, Geochemical and mineralogical maps
for soils of the conterminous United States: U.S. Geological
Survey Open-File Report 2014–1082, 386 p.,
http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141082.
Reimann, C., Birke, M., Demetriades, A., Filzmoser, P., O’Connor, P. (eds.)
2013. Chemistry of Europe’s agricultural soils. Geologisches Jahrbuch
(Reihe B), Schweizerbarth.
Take Home Messages

• Single Data Base

• Large Data Set

• Consistent Assay Method

• Low Detection Limits