Quantitative SIMS analysis of trace Au in pyrite using the infinite velocity (IV) method

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-247

  Pratt, A R ^a   Huctwith, C M ^a   Van Der Heide, P A W ^a   McIntyre, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inclusion gold; Invisible gold; Pyrite; Quantification; SIMS

Indexed keywords

GOLD; PYRITES; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRACE ANALYSIS;

INFINITE VELOCITY METHOD; RELATIVE SENSITIVITY FACTOR (RSF);

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY;

GOLD; PYRITE; SIMS;

EID: 0032030053     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6742(98)00010-7     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Cabri, L.J., 1992. The distribution of trace precious metals in minerals and mineral products. Mineral. Mag. 56, 289-308.
2. Cabri, L.J., McMahon, G., 1995. SIMS analyst of sulfide minerals for Pt and Au: methodology and relative sensitivity factors (RSF). Can. Mineral. 33, 349-359.
3. Chryssoulis, S.L., Cabri, L.J., Lennard, W., 1989. Calibration of the ion microprobe for quantitative trace precious metal analyses of ore minerals. Econ. Geol. 84, 1684-1689.
4. Cook, N.J., Chryssoulis, S.L., 1990. Concentrations of 'invisible gold' in the common sulfides. Can. Mineral. 28, 1-16.
5. Eiler, J.M., Graham, C., Valley, J.W., 1997. SIMS analysis of oxygen isotopes: matrix effects in complex minerals and glasses. Chem. Geol. 138, 221-244.
6. Laflamme, J.H.G., 1990. The preparation of materials for microscopy study. In: Jambor, J.L, Vaughan, D.J. (Eds.), Advanced Microscopic Studies of Ore Minerals. Mineralogical Association of Canada, Ottawa, 17, pp. 37-68.
7. Larocque, A.C.L., Jackman, J.A., Cabri, L.J., Hodgson, C.J., 1995a. Calibration of the ion microprobe for the determination of silver in pyrite and chalcopyrite from the Mobrun VMS deposit, Ronyn-Noranda, Quebec. Can. Mineral. 33, 361-372.
8. Larocque, A.C.L., Hodgson, C.J., Cabri, L.J., Jackman, J.A., 1995b. Ion-microprobe analysis of pyrite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite from the Mobrun VMS deposit in northwestern Quebec: evidence for metamorphic remobilization of gold. Can. Mineral. 33, 373-388.
9. Leta, D.P., Morrison, G.H., 1980. Ion implantation for in-situ quantitative ion microprobe analysis. Anal. Chem. 52, 277-280.
10. Lodding, A.R., Van der Heide, P.A.W., Brown, J.D., Sodervall, U.S., 1997. Inverse velocities of sputtered monatomic ions: systematics and quantification. Mikrochim. Acta 125, 317-323.
11. Metson, J.B., 1990. Secondary ion mass spectrometry. In: Perry, D.L. (Ed.), Instrumental Surface Analysis of Geologic Materials. VCH Publishers Inc., New York, pp. 312-352.
12. Van der Heide, P.A.W., 1994a. Secondary ion inverse velocity plots from a Cameca IMS-3f SIMS instrument. Surf. Sci. Lett. 302, L312-L318.
13. Van der Heide, P.A.W., 1994b. Variations in the value of the characteristic velocity of the Zr secondary ion emissions across the oxide/metal interface. Nucl. Instr. Meth. B 93, 421-426.
14. Van der Heide, P.A.W., 1994c. Inverse velocity trends in secondary ion mass spectrometry; a new method of quantification. Nucl. Instr. Meth. B 86, 373-379.
15. Van der Heide, P.A.W., Fichter, D.A., 1998. A pulse height distribution analysis of the secondary ion mass dependent sensitivity exhibited by electron multipliers. In: Bennighoven, A., Hagenhoff, B., Werner, H.W. (Eds.), Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry SIMS XI. John Wiley and Sons, New York (in press).
16. Van der Heide, P.A.W., Min Zhang, Mount, G.R., McIntrye, N.S., 1994. The infinite velocity method: a new method for SIMS quantification. Surf. Interf. Anal. 21, 747-757.
17. Van der Heide, P.A.W., Ramamuthy, McIntyre, N.S., 1995. Application of the infinite velocity method for quantifying negative secondary ion emissions to multilayered samples. Surf. Interf. Anal. 23, 163-170.
18. 2/Zr structures. Scanning Electr. Microsc. (in press).