Identifying Predictors of Arsenic Bioavailability in Low-Sulfide, Quartz-Hosted Gold Deposits: Case Study at the Empire Mine State Historic Park, CA, USA

Andrea L Foster1, Charles N Alpers2, Tamsen Burlak Regnier3, Alex Blum4, Eric Petersen5, Nicholas T Basta6, Shane Whitacre6, Stan W Casteel7 and Christopher S Kim8, (1)United States Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Menlo Park, United States, (2)USGS California Water Science Center Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, United States, (3)Clean Harbors, San Diego, CA, United States, (4)USGS, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (6)Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States, (7)University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, MO, United States, (8)Chapman University, Orange, CA, United States