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Progress report II: Assays and analyses of pyritic core from Wadi Wassat gossan, Saudi Arabia

January 1, 1967

Assays of 31 samples of pyritic core from diamond drill holes under gossan at Wadi Wassat, Saudi Arabia, disclosed 0.02 oz/ton gold in five samples, and from
0.11 to 1.68 oz/ton silver in 23 samples: The tenors are too low to constitute ores of either metal. Further work is required to learn if the tenor in silver varies with depth below the ground surface, with geologic unit, or both. No apparent relation exists between the estimated amount of pyrite in the core and the amount of silver disclosed by the assays.

Publication Year 1967
Title Progress report II: Assays and analyses of pyritic core from Wadi Wassat gossan, Saudi Arabia
DOI 10.3133/ofr67174
Authors William C. Overstreet, Sayyad Moutouq Bahijra, Mohammed A. Fourati, Louis Gonzales
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 67-174
Index ID ofr67174
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
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