Geochemical Element Thresholds for Copper-Gold Mineral Prediction in China

Jiguanzui copper-gold mining area in China is the focus of this dataset, which contains thresholds for single element and element combination anomalies used for mineral prediction. The data was published by Feilong Qin on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license and was last updated in May 2026. It is a small dataset of 5.5 KB stored in an XLS file format.

Use Cases

• Training mineral prediction models based on geochemical element thresholds.
• Validating geochemical anomaly extraction algorithms based on the Concentration-Area (C-A) method.
• Analyzing spatial correlations between element combinations and ore body distribution.
• Benchmarking Factor Analysis (FA) techniques for processing geochemical survey data.

Strengths

• Data is directly tied to a specific, real-world mining area (Jiguanzui copper-gold mining area).
• Includes thresholds for both single elements and element combinations, as stated in the description.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small (5.5 KB), suggesting limited scope or a highly summarized format.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Feilong Qin.

Collection Method

Likely derived from geochemical survey data analyzed using Factor Analysis and Concentration-Area models.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 17:30:24; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Jiguanzui copper-gold mining area in China.