Geochemical Dataset of laterite soils in Koubou Gold District (Zone A) East Cameroon: Implication for Identification of Gold Pathfinder Elements.

The data set is the geochemistry of laterite soil gotten from 55 different pits. The chemistry of the soils shows the presence of gold and other pathfinder elements in ppm. This work aim to use multivariate statistical analyses such as Pearson's correlation, principal component analyses, factor analyses and cluster analyses to identify the relationship between gold and other pathfinder elements. this relationship will help determine if the sources of the gold and the pathfinder elements are of the same origin or not.本数据集涵盖了从55个不同勘探坑采集的红土（laterite）土壤地球化学数据。土壤化学分析结果显示，样本中存在以ppm计的金及其他探途元素（pathfinder elements）。本研究旨在采用多元统计分析方法，包括皮尔逊相关分析（Pearson's correlation）、主成分分析（principal component analyses）、因子分析（factor analyses）及聚类分析（cluster analyses），探究金与其他探途元素之间的相关关系。该相关关系将有助于判断金与探途元素的来源是否同源。