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CANMET-DS-1 is a gold ore from the Deep Star mine in Carlin Mine Complex, Nevada, USA. The mineral species include: quartz (35.5%), feldspars (mainly K-feldspars and lower proportions of albite at 13.6%), dolomite (15.5%), mixed clays (7.5%), mica (mainly muscovite, lower proportions of biotite, trace phlogopite at 6.5%), ankerite (8.5%), pyrite (3.9%), kaolinite (2.8%), calcite (2.4%), pyrrhotite (1.3%), arsenopyrite (0.9%), jarosite (0.5%), garnet (0.3%), gypsum (0.1%), barite (0.2%), apatite, pyrophyllite, realgar, rutile and siderite at 0.1%, and magnetite, sphlerite and wollastonate at trace levels. CANMET-DS-1 is suitable for the analysis of gold and various other elements at major, minor and trace levels in gold ores. Examples of intended use include quality control and method development.