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Surface Geochemistry Samples (replacing GCHEM over time)

Created 26/06/2025

Updated 24/10/2025

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Surface Geochemistry Samples is derived from Minerals and Petroleum's SITES Oracle RDBMS. Data have been obtained from company reports of expired mineral Exploration and Mining Licences since 1965. A surface sample is typically taken to comprise a sample taken from the weathered profile, and which is the only sample taken at that location. It may be a soil or it may be a sediment taken from an active stream bed. Though most soil samples are taken from the B- or C-horizon (approx. 10-40 cm depth) the dataset may, for example, include a sample taken from 2 m depth and obtained by augering. There is, thus, a continuum between surface geochemistry and boreholes datasets.

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Title Surface Geochemistry Samples (replacing GCHEM over time)
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/a6901e59-1495-41b1-84e5-d5ec9f5d16e1
Remote Last Updated 13/10/2025
Contact Point
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
contact@dpc.vic.gov.au
Reference Period 11/10/2025
Geospatial Coverage Victoria
Data Portal Victoria Government

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This dataset was originally found on Victoria Government "Surface Geochemistry Samples (replacing GCHEM over time)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/surface-geochemistry-samples-replacing-gchem-over-time