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ExplanationTasiast-Tijirit region sub-areas

Geologic formation contact

Samples with no matching chemistry# Rock (885 samples)

Rock samples - ThoriumNo Th analysis (695 samples)

0.1 - 0.25 ppm (<2.5th percentile)

0.3 - 0.4 ppm (2.5 - 5th percentile)

0.5 - 0.5012 ppm (5 - 10th percentile)

0.5333 - 0.7 ppm (10 - 25th percentile)

0.7055 - 8.3 ppm (25 - 75th percentile)

8.4 - 26.0 ppm (75 - 90th percentile)

26.2 - 34.9 ppm (90 - 95th percentile)

35.0 - 43.0 ppm (95 - 97.5th percentile)

47.0 - 54.0 ppm (97.5 - 99th percentile)

57.9 - 114.0 ppm (>99th percentile)

0.1 1200

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Samples:Minimum:Maximum:Mean:Geo.Mean:Median:Mode:Std.Dev.:Std.Err.:Skew:Kurtosis:Log:Mean:Median:Skew:

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114.00007.69352.46901.40000.800013.08

0.56123.17114.47

0.39250.14610.4572

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Transverse Mercator projection, WGS 84 DatumScale factor 0.9996; Longitude of central meridian 11° W.; latitude of origin 0°

This map was produced as part of the "Second Projet de Renforcement Institutionnel du Secteur Minier (PRISM II)"co-financed by the Government of Mauritania and the World Bank (Credit No. IDA-38100 MAU).

2012

By Stuart A. Giles and Robert G. Eppinger

U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey

PRISMRÉPUBLIQUE ISLAMIQUE DE MAURITANIE

Geochemistry of Rocks in the Tasiast-Tijirit Area — Thorium

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