Table 2 Representative whole rock major oxides (wt%) and trace elements (ppm) for samples from metavolcanics and metasediments.

From: Fertile high-K magmatism and hydrothermal alteration zone associated with porphyry copper mineralization in Samra area, SE Sinai, Egypt

	Metavolcanics								Metasediments
Samp.No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
SiO₂	58.44	58.71	63.91	64.41	67.44	67.95	66.94	67.55	55.9	61.22	60.57	70.45	70.01	74.81	52.5	51.19
TiO₂	1.11	1.06	1.06	1.07	0.64	0.39	0.37	0.33	0.7	0.75	0.61	0.54	0.43	0.23	0.67	0.91
Al₂O₃	16.55	16.55	15.67	15.45	15.32	15.27	15.55	15.11	16.95	16.94	17.35	15.21	15.91	13.16	17.35	15.73
Fe₂O₃	5.01	4.99	5.34	5.45	4.68	3.18	4.78	4.15	7.85	6.21	8.18	4.65	3.93	2.51	13.15	15.95
MnO	0.11	0.12	0.12	0.11	0.12	0.13	0.16	0.19	0.11	0.12	0.11	0.12	0.13	0.11	0.15	0.14
MgO	4.57	4.35	1.67	1.47	1.17	0.71	0.38	0.47	3.72	3.78	2.45	1.15	1.13	0.85	4.25	3.45
CaO	5.59	5.17	2.28	2.65	1.32	1.95	1.34	1.45	3.87	2.55	2.57	1.15	1.16	1.25	1.77	1.55
Na₂O	3.33	3.37	4.32	4.34	4.35	5.12	4.38	4.83	3.49	2.78	2.36	1.25	1.55	2.15	2.68	2.95
K2O	1.35	1.83	3.58	3.43	3.73	4.13	4.55	4.63	2.57	2.78	2.74	3.35	3.51	3.75	5.15	5.24
P₂O₅	1.27	1.27	0.19	0.12	0.14	0.19	0.15	0.19	0.14	0.12	0.11	0.18	0.12	0.12	0.13	0.12
LOI	1.67	1.87	1.79	0.99	0.95	0.93	0.49	0.98	2.89	2.58	2.85	1.95	2.11	1.15	1.95	2.61
Total	99	99.29	99.93	99.49	99.86	99.95	99.09	99.88	99.19	99.83	99.9	100	99.99	100.09	99.75	99.84
Sc	13	12	15	14	13	22	21	22	18	14	18	13	20	22	33	28
V	139	116	164	155	115	191	173	136	195	188	127	149	127	125	273	270
Cr	133	128	165	180	245	180	194	153	127	97	105	87	59	38	49	151
Co	50	51	64	57	67	44	42	57	42	45	41	4	51	53	37	29
Ni	20	18	24	30	39	34	58	43	29	38	37	16	19	18	45	41
Zn	79	82	69	73	75	58	78	77	91	69	75	39	36	46	37	42
Ga	21	22	26	22	29	27	23	27	21	25	20	23	21	24	23	29
Rb	49	52	54	45	63	75	43	53	79	85	99	68	94	59	98	91
Sr	595	545	485	435	305	295	425	581	422	163	281	141	144	156	133	125
Y	17.11	18.01	16,78	18.12	18.15	15.98	14.99	20	21	32	24	31	27	28	23	26
Zr	166	206	106	116	146	246	146	116	120	189	125	182	177	137	184	179
Nb	3	8	5	6	12	23	5	4	9	10	8	7	6	5.	8.	7
Ba	585	625	165	445	815	565	148	307	639	651	789	667	994	997	579	521
Pb	11	13	12	13	11	10.78	11.01	12.12	0.11	0.33	0.53	0.15	0.27	0.18	0.23	0.14
Th	6	10	8	6	8	8	6	5	5	6	7	9	9	12	10	7
U	4	7	10	5	6	4	6	4	3	10	9	7	5	2	8	4

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Table 2 Representative whole rock major oxides (wt%) and trace elements (ppm) for samples from metavolcanics and metasediments.

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