Minerals Programme Geochemistry Database.

The Mineral Reconnaissance Programme (MRP), funded by the DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) carried out baseline mineral exploration in Great Britain between 1972 and 1997. Its main aim was to stimulate private-sector exploration and the development of indigenous mineral resources. It has been subsumed into the new BGS Minerals Programme, also funded by the DTI. The Programme provides information and advice to industry, enables technology transfer and promotes wealth creation through the effective sustainable development of Britain's mineral resources. The database contains information from the MRP together with some from earlier programmes and the new Minerals Programme. Information from the early 1970s was largely concerned with the search for uranium and base-metals, while since the 1980s gold and platinum-group elements (PGEs) have dominated. A range of pathfinder elements have also been determined. Data is held on the geochemistry of drainage stream sediments, panned concentrates, soil, deep overburden, rock and drillcore samples. All geochemical results are used to populate corporate Geochemistry Database.

矿物勘查计划（MRP），由贸易与工业部（Department of Trade and Industry）资助，于1972年至1997年间在英国进行了基础性矿物勘探工作。其主要目标在于激发私营部门的勘探活动以及本土矿物资源的开发。该计划已被纳入新的英国地质调查局（BGS）矿物计划，亦由贸易与工业部资助。该计划向业界提供信息和咨询，促进技术转移，并通过英国矿物资源的有效可持续开发，推动财富的创造。数据库中包含了MRP的信息以及其他早期计划和新的矿物计划的部分信息。早期1970年代的信息主要涉及铀和基础金属的搜寻，而自1980年代起，黄金和铂族元素（PGEs）占据了主导地位。一系列的探测元素亦已确定。数据涵盖了排水溪流沉积物、淘洗精矿、土壤、深层覆盖层、岩石和钻探岩心样本的地球化学信息。所有地球化学结果均用于填充企业地球化学数据库。