Alaska Geochemical Database

Geochemical analyses of rock, sediment, soil, mineral, and heavy mineral concentrate samples in Alaska analyzed from 1962 through 2009

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Spreadsheet: AGDB_DS-637_txt.zip: Tab-delimited values, 25 MB expands to 255 MB

AGDB_DS-637_xls.zip: Microsoft Excel format, 85 MB expands to 325 MB

All records, multiple tables separated by sample media and groups of chemical analyses
Geographic information system: agdb.zip: Shapefile, 5.4 MB expands to 30 MB

All records, sample ID, sample media type, and URL to full sample report

agdb-gdb.zip: File geodatabase, 115 MB expands to 1.4 GB

All records, all tables. See data dictionary for explanation of tables and fields.
Relational database: agdb-csv.zip: Comma-delimited text, 57 MB zipped, expands to 337 MB

All records, all tables. See data dictionary for explanation of tables and fields.

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About the database fields

Analytical methods and types of analysis

Measured parameters (chemical species, method of analysis, and units of measure)
Analytical methods with bibliographic references where applicable
Inventory of analyses by map quadrangle

Publication:

USGS Data Series 637: Alaska Geochemical Database (AGDB)--Geochemical Data for Rock, Sediment, Soil, Mineral, and Concentrate Sample Media
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/637/

Mineral Resources Eastern Central Western Alaska Minerals Information
Spatial Data Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry Other Mineral Related Links