OREAS 27
OREAS 27 has been prepared from rhyodacite material from a quarry
approximately 30km east of melbourne. It is characterised by extremely low
background gold of less than 1 parts per billion. Seven commercial
analytical laboratories participated in the program to characterise (in addition
to gold by fire assay) Ag, Al, As, Ba, Be, Bi, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hf,
K, Li, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Nb, Ni, P, Pb, Rb, Sb, Sc, Sn, Sr, Ta, Th, Ti, Tl, U, V,
W, Y, Zn and Zr by 4-acid digestion with ICP-OES or ICP-MS
finish.
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Au, Gold (ppb) |
< 1 |
IND |
IND |
IND |
Pb Fire Assay |
Cu, Copper (ppm) |
4.61 |
1.08 |
3.48 |
5.74 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Pb, Lead (ppm) |
25.0 |
1.89 |
23.5 |
26.6 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Ag, Silver (ppm) |
0.219 |
0.050 |
0.179 |
0.258 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Al, Aluminium (wt.%) |
7.14 |
0.448 |
6.60 |
7.67 |
4-Acid Digestion |
As, Arsenic (ppm) |
4.33 |
0.65 |
3.88 |
4.77 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Ba, Barium (ppm) |
2988 |
126 |
2879 |
3097 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Be, Beryllium (ppm) |
3.04 |
0.151 |
2.89 |
3.19 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Bi, Bismuth (ppm) |
0.090 |
0.020 |
0.079 |
0.101 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Ca, Calcium (wt.%) |
1.31 |
0.110 |
1.21 |
1.41 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Cd, Cadmium (ppm) |
0.41 |
0.05 |
0.38 |
0.43 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Co, Cobalt (ppm) |
1.74 |
0.169 |
1.59 |
1.90 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Cr, Chromium (ppm) |
79 |
13 |
63 |
96 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Fe, Iron (wt.%) |
2.43 |
0.141 |
2.30 |
2.57 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Hf, Hafnium (ppm) |
7.59 |
0.557 |
6.89 |
8.29 |
4-Acid Digestion |
K, Potassium (wt.%) |
3.21 |
0.114 |
3.06 |
3.36 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Li, Lithium (ppm) |
20.9 |
1.74 |
19.0 |
22.7 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Mg, Magnesium (wt.%) |
0.118 |
0.006 |
0.114 |
0.123 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Mn, Manganese (wt.%) |
0.033 |
0.004 |
0.029 |
0.037 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Mo, Molybdenum (ppm) |
10.2 |
3.7 |
7.3 |
13.1 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Na, Sodium (wt.%) |
2.84 |
0.172 |
2.60 |
3.08 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Nb, Niobium (ppm) |
20.1 |
2.7 |
16.6 |
23.6 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Ni, Nickel (ppm) |
< 4.00 |
IND |
IND |
IND |
4-Acid Digestion |
P, Phosphorus (wt.%) |
0.027 |
0.002 |
0.024 |
0.029 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Rb, Rubidium (ppm) |
144 |
9 |
133 |
154 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Sb, Antimony (ppm) |
1.19 |
0.098 |
1.11 |
1.27 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Sc, Scandium (ppm) |
4.06 |
0.300 |
3.70 |
4.42 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Sn, Tin (ppm) |
4.06 |
0.212 |
3.84 |
4.28 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Sr, Strontium (ppm) |
191 |
5 |
186 |
195 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Ta, Tantalum (ppm) |
1.53 |
0.22 |
1.23 |
1.83 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Th, Thorium (ppm) |
15.1 |
1.5 |
13.7 |
16.4 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Ti, Titanium (wt.%) |
0.110 |
0.004 |
0.105 |
0.114 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Tl, Thallium (ppm) |
0.75 |
0.058 |
0.68 |
0.82 |
4-Acid Digestion |
U, Uranium (ppm) |
5.54 |
0.328 |
5.28 |
5.81 |
4-Acid Digestion |
V, Vanadium (ppm) |
3.33 |
0.47 |
2.75 |
3.92 |
4-Acid Digestion |
W, Tungsten (ppm) |
1.82 |
0.28 |
1.66 |
1.97 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Y, Yttrium (ppm) |
15.1 |
1.46 |
13.4 |
16.8 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Zn, Zinc (ppm) |
117 |
5 |
112 |
121 |
4-Acid Digestion |
Zr, Zirconium (ppm) |
278 |
20 |
251 |
305 |
4-Acid Digestion |