“…Various techniques of spatial statistical data analysis have been applied to investigate distribution of mineral deposits, mostly involving methods of point pattern and fractal analysis (De Geoffroy and Wignall, 1971;Agterberg, 1984;Harris, 1984;Carlson, 1991;Kreuzer et al, 2007;Raines, 2008;Ford and Blenkinsop, 2008;Carranza, 2008Carranza, , 2009Mamuse et al, 2009Mamuse et al, , 2010Singer, 2008;Singer and Menzie, 2010;Singer and Kouda, 2011;Dirks et al, 2013). However, different spatial statistical methods have been mostly used in isolation.…”