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Target Maps Ordered by Commodity |
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Target Model |
Source
(No.) |
Commodities |
Size |
Rankings |
Best
Match |
Second
Best |
Updated
(mmm/dd/yy) |
Comment |
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Palaeoplacer
Au |
GSC (Au 01) |
Au |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Porphyry
type Au |
GSC (Au 06) |
Au |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Skarn
Au |
GSC (Au 08) |
Au |
X |
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Expected size range histogram
applies to an unnumbered USGS Skarn Au Model (Theodore, T. G. et al; USGS
Bulletin 1930) |
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Sediment-hosted
micron Au |
GSC (Au 10) |
Au |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Non-carbonate
disseminated replacement Au |
GSC (Au 11) |
Au |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Creede
epithermal veins |
USGS 25b |
Au |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Comstock
epithermal vein |
USGS 25c |
Au |
X |
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Low-sulphide
Au-quartz veins |
USGS 36a |
Au |
X |
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Homestake
Au |
USGS 36b |
Au |
X |
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Expected size range histogram
applies to a revised USGS "Homestake Stratiform Au" Model (Klein,
T. L. and Day, W. C.; USGS Open File 94-250) |
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Gold
on flat faults |
USGS 37b |
Au |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Shallow
Subaqueous Hot Spring Au-Ag (Eskay Creek) |
BCGS G07 (draft) |
Au, Ag |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Sado
epithermal veins |
USGS 25d |
Au, Ag |
X |
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Carbonate-hosted
Au-Ag |
USGS 26a |
Au, Ag |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Expected size range histogram
applies to revised USGS Model 26a.1 (Berger, B. R.; USGS Bulletin 2004) |
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Hot-spring
Au-Ag |
USGS 27a |
Au, Ag |
X |
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Epithermal
Au-Ag-Cu High Sulphidation |
BCGS H04 |
Au, Ag, Cu (As, Sb) |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Au-Ag-Te
Veins |
USGS 22b |
Au, Ag, Te |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Placer
Au-PGE |
USGS 39a |
Au, PGE |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Quartz
pebble conglomerate Au-U |
USGS 29a |
Au, U |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Bedded
barite |
USGS 31b |
Ba |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Blackbird
Co-Cu |
USGS 24d |
Co, Cu |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Limassol
Forest Co-Ni |
USGS 08c |
Co, Ni |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Cu
Skarn |
BCGS K01 |
Cu |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Porphyry
Cu |
USGS 17 |
Cu |
X |
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Porphyry
Cu, Skarn-related |
USGS 18a |
Cu |
X |
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Volcanic-hosted
Cu-As-Sb |
USGS 22a |
Cu |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Basaltic
Cu |
USGS 23 |
Cu |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Cyprus
massive sulphide |
USGS 24a |
Cu |
X |
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Besshi
massive sulphide |
USGS 24b |
Cu |
X |
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Sediment-hosted
Cu |
USGS 30b |
Cu |
X |
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Vein
Cu |
GSC 24 |
Cu (Au, Ag) |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Porphyry
Cu-Au |
USGS 20c |
Cu, Au |
X |
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Porphyry
Cu-Au Alkalic |
BCGS L03 |
Cu, Au (Ag) |
X |
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Size range histograms are
modifications by the USGS of USGS Model 17 histograms specifically for Cu
porphyries of British Columbia and Alaska.
Included here for reference.
Not directly related to BCGS Model L03. |
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Detachment-fault-related
polymetallic deposits |
USGS 40a |
Cu, Au, Ag |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Porphyry
Cu + Mo + Au |
BCGS L04 |
Cu, Mo, Au |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Duluth
Cu-Ni-PGE |
USGS 05a |
Cu, Ni, PGE |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Noril'sk
Cu-Ni-PGE |
USGS
05b |
Cu, Ni, PGE |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
Feb/22/05 |
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Polymetallic
replacement |
USGS 19a |
Cu, Pb, Ag, Zn |
X |
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Kipushi
Cu-Pb-Zn |
USGS 32c |
Cu, Pb, Zn |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Kuroko
massive sulphide |
USGS 28a |
Cu, Zn |
X |
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Bushveld
Fe-Ti-V |
USGS 03 |
Fe, Ti, V |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Silica-carbonate
Hg |
USGS 27c |
Hg |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Replacement
Mn |
USGS 19b |
Mn |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Volcanogenic
Mn |
USGS 24c |
Mn |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Porphyry
Mo (Climax-type) |
BCGS L08 |
Mo |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Climax
Mo |
USGS 16 |
Mo |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Mo
skarns |
BCGS K07 |
Mo (Cu, Pb, Zn, Sn) |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Stillwater
Ni-Cu |
USGS 01 |
Ni, Cu |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Komatiitic
Ni-Cu |
USGS 06a |
Ni, Cu |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Synorogenic-Synvolcanic
Ni-Cu |
USGS 07a |
Ni, Cu |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Sandstone-hosted
Pb-Zn |
USGS 30a |
Pb, Zn |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Southeast
Missouri Pb-Zn |
USGS 32a |
Pb, Zn |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Phosphate,
upwelling type |
USGS 34c |
Phosphate |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Carbonatite
Deposits 1 |
USGS
10 |
REE, P |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
Mar/08/05 |
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Carbonatite
Deposits 2 |
USGS
10 |
REE, P |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Simple
Sb |
USGS 27d |
Sb |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Sn
Skarn Deposits |
USGS 14b |
Sn |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Replacement
Sn |
USGS 14c |
Sn |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Sn
Veins |
USGS 15b |
Sn |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Sn
Greisen Deposits |
USGS 15c |
Sn |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Porphyry
Sn |
USGS 20a |
Sn |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Rhyolite-hosted
Sn |
USGS 25h |
Sn |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Sn
skarns |
BCGS K06 |
Sn (W, Zn, magnetite) |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Sn-polymetallic
veins |
USGS 20b |
Sn, Cu, Zn, Pb, Ag |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Thorium-rare-earth
veins |
USGS 11d |
Th, REE |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
Feb/22/05 |
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Vein U |
GSC 23 |
U |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Volcanogenic
U |
USGS 25f |
U |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Sandstone
U |
USGS 30c |
U |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Solution-collapse
breccia pipe uranium deposits |
USGS
32e |
U |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
Feb/22/05 |
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Unconformity
U-Au |
USGS 37a |
U, Au |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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W
Skarn Deposits |
USGS 14a |
W |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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W
Veins |
USGS 15a |
W |
|
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Appalachian
Zn |
USGS 32b |
Zn |
X |
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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"Mississippi Valley"
name in size histogram title is equivalent to "Appalacian" in model
name. |
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Zn-Pb
Skarn |
BCGS K02 |
Zn, Pb, Ag, Cu, Au, W, Cd |
X |
Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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Size range histograms generated
for USGS Zn-Pb Skarn Model (No 18c). |
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Broken
Hill |
BCGS S01 (draft) |
Zn, Pb, Cu, Ag |
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Ranking |
Best |
Second |
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GSC |
GSC (Geological Survey of Canada) |
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BCGS |
BCGS (British Columbia Geological Survey) |
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USGS |
USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
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