State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology;
Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography;
Chinese Academy of Sciences;
Urumqi 830011;
China;
Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources and Digital Geology;
Urumqi 830011;
China;
Xinjiang Research Centre for Mineral Resources;
Chinese Academy of Sciences;
Urumqi 830011;
China;
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences;
Beijing 100049;
China;
Xinjiang Academy of Science and Technology for Development;
Urumqi 830011;
China;
China Non-Ferrous Metals Resources Geological Survey;
Beijing 100012;
China;
concealed Au deposits; reflectance spectroscopy; soil Au content; characteristic band; soil geochemical prospecting; competitive adaptive reweighted sampling; Seriphidium terrae-albae;