Abstract: This Alberta diamond inclusion dataset includes electron microprobe analyses of garnet, clinopyroxene, olivine, ferropericlase and rutile inclusions from diamonds sampled by the Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field. The data are compiled from Davies et al. (2004) and Banas (2006). Diamond inclusions are of particular research interest in diamond exploration and mantle petrology because they provide direct information about the chemical composition of upper and lower mantle and about the petrogenetic sources of diamonds in a given area/deposit.
Metadata: 
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      DIG_2007_0006.xml
  Language: 
      eng; CAN
  Character set: 
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      utf8
  Hierarchy level: 
    Scope code: 
      dataset
  Metadata author: 
    Responsible party: 
      Organisation name: 
          Alberta Geological Survey
      Position name: 
          AGS Information Manager
      Contact info: 
        Contact: 
          Phone: 
            Telephone: 
              Voice: 
                  (780) 638-4491
              Facsimile: 
                  (780) 422-1918
          Address: 
            Address: 
              Delivery point: 
                  Alberta Energy Regulator
              Delivery point: 
                  4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
              Delivery point: 
                  4999-98 Avenue NW
              City: 
                  Edmonton
              Administrative area: 
                  Alberta
              Postal code: 
                  T6B 2X3
              Country: 
                  Canada
              Electronic mail address: 
                  AGS-Info@aer.ca
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              8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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          pointOfContact
  Date stamp: 

      2016-03-29
  Metadata standard name: 
      North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata (NAP-Metadata)
  Metadata standard version: 
      ISO 19115-1.1
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Identification info:

Data identification: Citation: Citation: Title: Alberta Diamond Inclusion Dataset Date: Date: Date: 2007-01-01 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Eccles, D.R. Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta, Canada Role: Role code: publisher Presentation form: Presentation form code: tableDigital Series: Series: Name: Digital Data Issue identification: DIG 2007-0006 Abstract: This Alberta diamond inclusion dataset includes electron microprobe analyses of garnet, clinopyroxene, olivine, ferropericlase and rutile inclusions from diamonds sampled by the Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field. The data are compiled from Davies et al. (2004) and Banas (2006). Diamond inclusions are of particular research interest in diamond exploration and mantle petrology because they provide direct information about the chemical composition of upper and lower mantle and about the petrogenetic sources of diamonds in a given area/deposit. Purpose: This Alberta diamond inclusion dataset includes electron microprobe analyses of garnet, clinopyroxene, olivine, ferropericlase and rutile inclusions from diamonds sampled by the Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field. The data are compiled from Davies et al. (2004) and Banas (2006). A breakdown of the grains probed and their paragenesis include 16 garnet (eclogite, peridotite, wehrlite) 16 clinopyroxene (eclogite, peridotite, websterite) 13 olivine (periodotite) 1 rutile (eclogite) 1 ferropericlase (peridotite) Status: Progress code: completed Point of contact: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Position name: AGS Information Manager Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: (780) 638-4491 Facsimile: (780) 422-1918 Address: Address: Delivery point: Alberta Energy Regulator Delivery point: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building Delivery point: 4999-98 Avenue NW City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta Postal code: T6B 2X3 Country: Canada Electronic mail address: AGS-Info@aer.ca Hours of service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Role: Role code: pointOfContact Resource maintenance: Maintenance information: Maintenance and update frequency: Maintenance frequency code: notPlanned Descriptive keywords: Keywords: Keyword: data Keyword: diamond Keyword: geology Keyword: inclusions Type: Keyword type code: theme Thesaurus name: Citation: Title: none Date: unknown Descriptive keywords: Keywords: Keyword: 72e Keyword: 72l Keyword: 72m Keyword: 73d Keyword: 73e Keyword: 73l Keyword: 73m Keyword: 74d Keyword: 74e Keyword: 74l Keyword: 74m Keyword: 82g Keyword: 82h Keyword: 82i Keyword: 82j Keyword: 82n Keyword: 82o Keyword: 82p Keyword: 83a Keyword: 83b Keyword: 83c Keyword: 83d Keyword: 83e Keyword: 83f Keyword: 83g Keyword: 83h Keyword: 83i Keyword: 83j Keyword: 83k Keyword: 83l Keyword: 83m Keyword: 83n Keyword: 83o Keyword: 83p Keyword: 84a Keyword: 84b Keyword: 84c Keyword: 84d Keyword: 84e Keyword: 84f Keyword: 84g Keyword: 84h Keyword: 84i Keyword: 84j Keyword: 84k Keyword: 84l Keyword: 84m Keyword: 84n Keyword: 84o Keyword: 84p Keyword: alberta Keyword: canada Type: Keyword type code: place Thesaurus name: Citation: Title: Date: unknown Resource constraints: Legal constraints: Access constraints: Restriction code: otherRestrictions Use constraints: Restriction code: otherRestrictions Other constraints: Access Constraints: Public Use Constraints: Acknowledgement of the Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta Geological Survey as the originator/source of this information is required as described in the Open Government License - Alberta. Distribution Liability: The Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta Geological Survey (AER/AGS) licenses this information under the Open Government License - Alberta. Any references to proprietary software in our documentation, and/or any use of proprietary data formats in our releases, do not constitute endorsement by the AER/AGS of any manufacturer's product. Language: eng; CAN Topic category: Topic category code: geoscientificInformation Extent: Extent: Geographic element: Geographic bounding box: West bound longitude: -120 East bound longitude: -110 South bound latitude: 49 North bound latitude: 60 Temporal element: Temporal extent: Extent: Time period: Description: ground condition Begin date: 2003-01-01 End date: 2005-01-01 Supplemental Information: References: Banas, A. (2006): Diamond and their formation: characterization of diamonds from the Buffalo Head Hills, Alberta and metasomatism recorded by garnet inclusions from the DeBeers pool, South Africa; M.Sc. thesis, University of Alberta, 78 p. Davies, R.M., Griffin, W.L., O'Reilly, S.Y. and McCandless, T.E. (2004): Inclusions in diamonds from the K14 and K10 kimberlites, Buffalo Head Hills, Alberta, Canada: diamond growth in a plume?; Lithos, v. 77, p. 99-111.
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Content info:

Feature catalogue description: Included with dataset: false Feature catalogue citation: Citation: Title: Entity and Attribute Information Date: Other citation details: Detailed Entity and Attribute information is provided with the dataset, formatted as Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata.
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DISTRIBUTION INFO:

Distribution: Distributor: Distributor: Distributor contact: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Position name: AGS Information Manager Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: (780) 638-4491 Facsimile: (780) 422-1918 Address: Address: Delivery point: Alberta Energy Regulator Delivery point: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building Delivery point: 4999-98 Avenue NW City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta Postal code: T6B 2X3 Country: Canada Electronic mail address: AGS-Info@aer.ca Hours of service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Role: Role code: distributor Transfer options: Digital transfer options: Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://static.ags.aer.ca/files/document/DIG/DIG_2007_0006.zip Name: Non-GIS Data
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Data quality info:

Data quality: Scope: Scope: Hierarchy level: Scope code: dataset Report: Completeness commission: Result: unknown Report: Completeness omission: Evaluation method description: In all four of the datasets there are gaps/omissions because for some of the samples elemental geochemistries were not captured. Those fields that were not captured by are simply denoted by a blank cell. Result: unknown Report: Conceptual consistency: Measure description: The dataset was validated by transferring the data from the original dataset into an Access database. During this process it was determined that additional fields needed to be added to capture data for those geochemical elements that did not record an actual percentage but rather a lower detection limit. Sample numbers (K10 and K10) within the olivine dataset waere modified in order to establish a primary key. Result: unknown Lineage: Lineage: Statement: In all four of the datasets there are gaps/omissions because for some of the samples elemental geochemistries were not captured. Those fields that were not captured by are simply denoted by a blank cell. Process step: Process step: Description: The Alberta Diamond Inclusion dataset consists of a series of worksheets within an excel spreadsheet was used to display microprobe analyses for garnet, clinopyroxene, olivine, ferropericlase and rutile diamond inclusions sampled by the Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field. The data within the spreadsheet was later normalized and then transferred into a database for the purpose of creating metadata. During this process there were certain aspects of the dataset that were modified to in order to deal with lower detection limits for specific elements and to establish primary keys. Date and time: 2005-01-01T00:00:00
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Metadata constraints:

Legal constraints: Access constraints: Restriction code: otherRestrictions Use constraints: Restriction code: otherRestrictions Other constraints: Metadata Access Constraints: none Metadata Use Constraints: none
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Metadata maintenance:

Maintenance information: Maintenance and update frequency: unknown Maintenance note: This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadatastandard version FGDC-STD-001-1998 using the January 2013 version of the FGDC CSDGM to ISO 19115-2 transform. Metadata author: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Position name: AGS Information Manager Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: (780) 638-4491 Facsimile: (780) 422-1918 Address: Address: Delivery point: Alberta Energy Regulator Delivery point: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building Delivery point: 4999-98 Avenue NW City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta Postal code: T6B 2X3 Country: Canada Electronic mail address: AGS-Info@aer.ca Hours of service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Role: Role code: custodian
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