Compilation of pre-competitive Northern Territory Geological Survey geochemistry

Abstract

The Northern Territory Geological Survey (NTGS) geochemistry compilation includes all geochemistry analysis undertaken by the NTGS and partner organisations including Geoscience Australia (GA) and the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics (BMR), a predecessor organisation to GA. The dataset includes surface (whole rock, rock chip, soil and stream) and drillhole geochemistry analysis.

Surface and drilling geochemistry undertaken by industry, compiled from company reports, is distributed in the Northern Territory geochemical datasets in Digital Information Package 001 (DIP001).

The focus on NTGS geochemistry allows all results and additional attribution to be published.

Alongside the compiled output, the original laboratory analysis result files have been included for 151 datasets. It is not always possible to include the original results as earlier original source files have been lost; the current compilation comprises source data from around 2000.

As part of the work in compiling this data, a number of unloaded geochemistry data sets have been identified and will be attributed and loaded into the database for distribution going forward.