A detailed geochemical survey utilizing bedrock samples was conducted over an area containing a known molybdenum-tin drainage sediment anomaly in the southern Wan Wah Mountains in southwestern Utah.The geochemical patterns found in this survey are similar to those around known porphyry-type molybdenum deposits.The elements associated with the anomaly are Mo, Sn, Bi, Be, F, Li, Nb, and Y; and the depleted elements are Al, Ce, Fe, La, and Si.The geochemical distribution of these elements associated with an area of leucocratic rhyolite suggests this anomaly is probably located above a felsic body at depth with possible porphyry-type molybdenum mineralization.

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Distribution of gold in humus-rich forest soil (mull) reflects the known distribution of gold deposits in bedrock in the Empire district, Colorado. Gold from the bedrock is accumulated by pine and aspen trees and is concentrated in the mull by the decay of organic litter from the trees. Anomalies in mull which do not coincide with known gold deposits merit further exploration. The gold anomalies in soil (6- to 12-inch depth) and in float pebbles and cobbles poorly reflect the known distribution of gold deposits in bedrock beneath the extensive cover of colluvium and glacial drift.