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Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data

Mineral Resources > Online Spatial Data > Alaska Geochemical Database

Database structure

Table Description
methods Analytic methods used to obtain chemical and physical data.
bibliography References for analytic methods used to obtain chemical data.
parameters Field name descriptions for all tables in the database.
main Spatial, geologic and descriptive attributes for samples of all types.
chemistry Results of chemical analysis
mineralogy Mineralogy data for non-magnetic heavy mineral concentrate samples.
datadxny Data dictionary, explaining tables and fields

Database field categories

Site identification 0
Sample identification 5
Processing information 12
Geographic location 8
Site characteristics 9
Sample characteristics 38
Chemical analysis 2
Bibliographic reference 11
Metadata 26

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