> **Table 1.** Mineral deposit densities for 13 selected deposit types
> from this report and previous publications.
>
> Location Area Density Permissive rock type
>
> (km^2^) (deposits/km^2^)
>
> **Low-sulfide gold quartz vein deposit type (Bliss and others, 1987)**
>
> Sierra Nevada, California, U.S.A. \-\-- 0.0046 Metavolcanic,
> metasedimentary, and ophiolitic
>
> rocks, greenschist facies or lower.
>
> Klamath Mountains,
>
> California/Oregon, U.S.A\...\.... \-\-- 0.0043 Ditto.
>
> Meguma Group,
>
> Nova Scotia, Canada\...\...\...\..... \-\-- 0.0054 Ditto.
>
> Bendigo, Victoria, Australia \...\... \-\-- 0.005 Ditto.
>
> **Placer gold deposit type (this report)**
>
> Wiseman, Alaska, U.S.A\...\...\... 2,760 0.0054 Greenschist-facies
> rocks.
>
> Kenai, Alaska, U.S.A\...\...\...\.... 3,260 0.0061 Low-grade
> metamorphic rocks.
>
> **Bedded barite deposit type (Orris and Bliss, 1989)**
>
> Nevada, U.S.A\...\...\...\...\...\...\... \-\-- 0.074 Slaven Chert.
>
> **Diamond kimberlite pipes deposit type (Bliss, 1992)**
>
> Southern Africa\...\...\...\...\...\... 1,560,000 0.000012 Stable
> cratonic rocks.
>
> **Cyprus massive sulfide deposit type (this report)**
>
> Cyprus\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\..... 2,440 0.0082 Troodos
> ophiolite.
>
> Cyprus\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\..... 1,010 0.02 Extrusive
> rocks of Troodos ophiolite.
>
> **Kuroko massive sulfide deposit type (this report)**
>
> Snow Lake, Manitoba, Canada\.... 268 0.03 Volcanic rocks in basin.
>
> Hokuroku, Japan\...\...\...\...\...\...\... 900 0.0088--0.013 Volcanic
> rocks in basin.
>
> Western Tasmania, Australia\...\... 1,500 0.0033 Volcanic rocks at
> Mount Read.
>
> Sierran subtype:
>
> California, U.S.A\...\.... 480 0.0083 Copper Hill Volcanics.
>
> California, U.S.A\...\.... 1,370 0.0059 Gopher Ridge Volcanics and a
>
> western volcanics unit.
>
> **Porphyry copper deposit type (this report)**
>
> Nevada, U.S.A\...\...\...\...\...\...\... 32,800 0.00015 Exposed
> plutons.
>
> Arizona, U.S.A\...\...\...\...\...\..... 34,000 0.00071 Exposed
> igneous rocks in southeastern Arizona
>
> that formed in the Laramide orogeny or earlier.
>
> Arizona, U.S.A\...\...\...\...\...\..... 16,700 0.0012 Ditto.
>
> **Climax porphyry molybdenum deposit type (this report)**
>
> Colorado, U.S.A\...\...\...\...\...\... 12,000 0.00033 Tertiary
> intrusions, central Colorado mineral belt.
>
> New Mexico, U.S.A\...\...\...\..... 3,200 0.00031 Tertiary intrusions,
> northern New Mexico.
>
> **Podiform chromite deposit type (Singer, 1994)**
>
> California, U.S.A\...\...\...\...\...\.... 6,980 0.115 Ultramafic
> rocks.
>
> **Franciscan volcanogenic manganese deposit type (Mosier and Page,
> 1988)**
>
> California, U.S.A\...\...\...\...\...\... 23,700 0.019 Franciscan
> Complex.
>
> Japan\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\... 3,890 0.03
> Sandstone, slate, and chert in the Kitakami
>
> Mountains.
>
> **Cuban volcanogenic manganese deposit type (Mosier and Page, 1988)**
>
> Cuba\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\... 1,200 0.1 Cobre
> Formation.
>
> Fiji\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\.... 2,720 0.0066
> Deposit-bearing volcanic conglomerates, marl,
>
> lithic tuff, lava, and andesite pyroclastics at
>
> Viti, Levu.
>
> **Cyprus volcanogenic manganese deposit type (Mosier and Page, 1988)**
>
> Cyprus\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\.... 1,960 0.046 Troodos
> ophiolite.
>
> **Wolframite quartz veins deposit type (this report)**
>
> China\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\...\..... 140 0.04
> Metasedimentary rocks above granite ridge,
>
> Xihuashan-Piotang.