Determination of silver, bismuth, cadmium, copper, lead, and zinc in geologic materials by atomic absorption spectrometry with tricaprylylmethylammonium chloride

Map showing mineral resource assessment for vein and replacement deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, manganese, and tungsten in the Butte 1° x 2° quadrangle, Montana

“…Many samples were also analyzed for gold, arsenic, copper, lead, zinc, silver, bismuth, cadmium, and antimony using atomic-absorption (AA) methods described by Ward and others (1969), Thompson and others (1968), and Viets (1978) and for tungsten by colorimetric (CM) methods (Welsch, 1983). The precision of theSES method is given by Motooka and Grimes (1976).…”

Mineral resource potential of Mount Massive Wilderness, Lake County, Colorado

“…Panned concentrates were analyzed for gold by atomic absorption. Atomic-absorption determinations of antimony, bismuth, cadmium, lead, and zinc were made on the rock samples using the method described by Viets (1978), in which the readily soluble portion of these elements is dissolved and analyzed. The analytical results and sample localities for all analyzed samples are listed in a companion publication by Hopkins and others (1989).…”

Mineral resources of the Mt. Stirling Wilderness Study Area, Clark and Nye counties, Nevada

“…The precision of the analytical technique is approximately plus or minus one reporting interval at the 83 percent confidence level (Motooka and Grimes, 1976). The rock samples were also analyzed for arsenic, bismuth, antimony, and zinc using a modified analytical technique by Viets (1978).…”