UpDeep Online Statistics Tool
UpDeep Online Statistics Tool is a world-wide open source web service of concentration levels of plants and soils. Interpretation of the plant biogeochemistry and soil chemistry data in exploration is commonly based on detection of spatial patterns of concentrations in samples collected on sampling stations over an expected anomaly and its background. Previous results (Torppa and Middleton, 2017), however, indicate that overall concentrations may also provide hints of an underlying mineralization, a metallogenic region or a nearby contamination source.
The UpDeep Online Statistics Tool can profit two phases of a surface geochemical survey: 1) In sampling planning the map interphase and search functions of the tool could be used to discover existing surface geochemical data collected in similar environments, similar sampling materials and similar deposit types to aid the sample material and analytical method selection in a user’s current case study. 2) In data analysis and interpretation phase the concentration levels in the user’s own data can be compared to existing data in the UpDeep database.
Sampling campaigns conducted on top of known mineralisations in France, Greeland and Finland indicated these methods to be suitable for exploration of gold, silver, cobalt, copper, antimony, zink and led. These surface geochemical data can be viewed through an UpDeep Online Statistics Tool.
To populate the database and increase its applicability we invite anyone to upload their own data in the UpDeep Online Statistics Tool by following the instructions on the web page and sending the data in a standardized format to updeep.online@gtk.fi.
