Table 1.

Likelihood metrics for the most frequent (support threshold > 2/6) mineral associations from the example in Fig. 1.

Rule	Support	Confidence	Lift
(Mineral A) → (mineral B)	3/6	3/5	0.9
(Mineral A) → (mineral C)	3/6	3/5	1.2
(Mineral B) → (mineral A)	3/6	3/4	0.9
(Mineral B) → (mineral C)	2/6	2/4	1.0
(Mineral B) → (mineral D)	2/6	2/4	1.5
(Mineral C) → (mineral A)	3/6	3/3	1.2
(Mineral C) → (mineral B)	2/6	2/3	1.0
(Mineral D) → (mineral B)	2/6	2/2	1.5
(Mineral A, mineral B) → (mineral C)	2/6	2/3	1.3
(Mineral A, mineral C) → (mineral B)	2/6	2/3	1.0
(Mineral B, mineral C) → (mineral A)	2/6	2/2	1.2