Publication information

Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 8460

Canadian rock physical property database: first public release

R.J. Enkin

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources, 2018

Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.4095/313389

Publications in this series have not been edited; they are released as submitted by the author.

Recommended citation

Enkin, R.J., 2018. Canadian rock physical property database: first public release; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8460, 1 .zip file. https://doi.org/10.4095/313389

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Contents

The Canadian Rock Physical Property Database provides a useful compilation of measurements on 20,000 rocks or outcrops along with locations and lithologies. This first release compiles density and porosity, magnetic susceptibility and remanence, and electrical conductivity and chargeability. The database demonstrates the typical distributions of physical properties of typical rock types, and helps practitioners identify exotic physical properties of rocks that result from rocks with atypical mineralogies and unusual (ore forming) geological histories.  The database provides the initial step in developing an understanding of physical properties changes with alteration. The data is available as a spreadsheet, and is presented graphically as a series of histograms and cross-plots.
of_8460_readme
of_8460.pdf : Open File text, references, and figure captions. 
of_8460_figures.pdf Figures – maps, histograms and cross-plots
of_8460_database.xlsx : The Canadian Rock Physical Property Database – First Release
of_8460_appendix.pdf : Compilation of all known published Henkel Plots (LOG magnetic susceptibility vs. density) transformed to a common scale.

Directory structure

of_8460_readme
of_8460.pdf : Open File text, references, and figure captions. 
of_8460_figures.pdf Figures – maps, histograms and cross-plots
of_8460_database.xlsx : The Canadian Rock Physical Property Database – First Release
of_8460_appendix.pdf : Compilation of all known published Henkel Plots (LOG magnetic susceptibility vs. density) transformed to a common scale.

Author contact information

R.J. Enkin (randy.enkin@canada.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada 
9860 West Saanich Road
Sidney, British Columbia V8L 4B2

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