(a) AuCo/

Cu/Pb-Zn
skarns

Porphyry Mo

W skarn Porphyry-
related
Cu-Au
Porphyry breccia
CuMoAu

Alkalic porphyry Cu-Au

(b)
Porphyry Mo AuCo/Cu/Pb-Zn
skarns

Alkalic poprhyry
Cu-Au and
W skarn

Porphyry
CuMoAu Porphyry-related
Cu-Au breccia

Alkalic porphyry Cu-Au Porphyry-related Cu-Au breccia

Au-Co, Cu, and Pb-Zn skarns Porphyry Mo
Porphyry CuMoAu W skarn

Appendix Fig. 3. Discrimination diagrams with boundaries for apatites from different porphyry and
skarn deposits (discrimination step IIIa; Table 5; App. Table 5): a) The first discriminant function
(DP3-1) vs. the second discriminant function (DP3-2). b) The first discriminant function (DP3-1) vs.
the third discriminant function (DP3-3). DP3-1 = 0.8718logMg 4.156logMn 3.065logSr +
6.341logY 1.704logCe 1.806logEu 7.320logYb 0.2802logPb + 0.6948logTh + 1.698
logU + 21.07; DP3-2 = 1.473logMg + 2.550logMn 2.981logSr 5.398logY + 0.5600logCe
2.898logEu + 3.780logYb + 2.108logPb 0.4108logTh 0.1375logU + 8.534; DP3-3 = 0.1617
logMg 1.173logMn 4.364logSr + 2.634logY + 0.8452logCe + 3.378logEu 3.184logYb +
1.619logPb + 1.956logTh 0.6212logU + 4.471. Variables are log10-equivalents of element
concentrations in ppm for all elements, except for Mg, which is in wt %.