The Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Institute (Ingemmet) invites its users to learn about the soil geochemistry of the Amazon plain.

“This database contains information on chemical results from 48 samples of surface soils and 48 samples of deep soils from the Peruvian Amazon”, Ingemmet explained.

It added that each soil sample was analyzed in the institution's laboratory and concentrations of 58 chemical elements and ten major oxide elements were determined, including gold, silver, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, cobalt, vanadium, chromium, nickel, iron, tin, lanthanum and cerium.

Ingemmet also stated that the purpose of this database is to make updated, timely and quality chemical information freely available; in addition to being a basic source for mining exploration, environmental management actions, geoagriculture, geo-medicine, land-use planning policies, among others.

"Ingemmet's research projects generate geoscientific information; as well as support information for the different Activities and Projects of the DRME, Ingemmet, public institutions and will contribute to the development of research in mining exploration in Peru, geoenvironmental baseline, medical geology and processes of ecological-economic zoning and land-use planning, among others," it reported.

The public can download the database for free and learn about the concentrations of 58 chemical elements: http://metadatos.ingemmet.gob.pe:8080/geonetwork/srv/spa/catalog.search#/metadata/a7443649-79d8-4e74-80e8-4e622d2a6e28.