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Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 8883

Critical mineral geochemical database development and management

M.G. Gadd, C.J.M. Lawley, K. Lauzière, F. Létourneau, J.-L. Pilote, A. Morin, and A. Haji Egeh

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources, 2022

Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.4095/329924

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Gadd, M.G., Lawley, C.J.M., Lauzière, K., Létourneau, F., Pilote, J.-L., Morin, A., and Haji Egeh, A., 2022. 
     Critical mineral geochemical database development and management; Geological Survey of Canada, 
     Open File 8883, 1 .zip file. https://doi.org/10.4095/329924

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Contents

Here we report on the development of a lithogeochemical database for critical minerals and make suggestions for its use and maintenance. This was done as part of a collaborative effort with the Critical Mineral Mapping Initiative (CMMI), a trilateral agreement among the federal geological surveys of Canada, Australia and USA (https://criticalminerals.org). Definitions of terms and vocabularies are provided within this report (Tables 1 and 2). These accompany a template for users to apply this methodology (Table 2). A sample output, generated from published Geological Survey of Canada Open File reports, is also provided (Table 3). This project was developed to streamline and standardize releasing lithogeochemical data.

Directory structure

of_8883_readme.rtf (this file)
of_8883.pdf (report)
	table_1_export_view_gsc_format_field_description.docx
table_2_data_load_template.xlsx
table_3_data_field_mapping.docx

Author contact information

M.G. Gadd (michael.gadd@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
3303-33rd Street N.W. 
Calgary, Alberta  
T2L 2A7

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