Evaluation of Soil Geochemistry Data of Canca (Gümüşhane-Ne Turkey) by Processing Inverse Distance Weighting and Kriging Interpolation Methods-First Findings

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to assess soil geochemical data of the Canca alteration area (Gümüşhane-Turkey) using statistical methods and investigate potential gold mineralizations of the area. With this purpose, 288 soil samples were collected and analyzed for gold and associated pathfi nder elements. The concentrations ranged (Au and Hg: in μg/kg, others in mg/kg) between