The Selected World Mineral Deposits Database is part of a project co-sponsored by the Geological Survey of Canada and ten exploration and mining companies. Additional data was supplied by collaborators in various countries. The database contains records for 1,578 mineral deposits of a variety of commodities in 150 countries of the world. Commodities include precious metals, base metals, ferrous metals, rare earth elements, bauxite, uranium, diamonds, emeralds and industrial minerals. The database also includes information about the geological deposits in which the minerals are found, and an extensive bibliography. File format: The original file is in Microsoft Access database format (.mdb). The library has also converted this format to shapefile and dbf for use in GIS. A guide to mineral abbreviations to assist researchers with interpretation of the commodity codes has been created by the library.
Available for download through GEOSCAN.
