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Get Away From It All And Take It With You
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Whats in it for you?

• All the data and power of the On-Line
  database - but portable
• Download the updated database as you need
  currently 12,220 occurrences
• Familiar search layouts like MINFILE
  Online
• Free text searches of Capsule Geology and
  Bibliography

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What you need to make it work

• Internet connection at base location for
  data / program downloads updates
• 200 Mb Hard drive space
• MS Access 2000 (or newer) installed
• WinRAR3.51 extraction download

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Start Up Page
MS Access Index Pane
Features
Search Menu Form Basic Search Advanced
Search Exit to Tables
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Basic Search
MS Access interface
ID / Mineral Occurrence
Host RockGeol. Setting
InventoryProduction
Capsule Geol.Bibliography
Basic Advanced Searches
Features
Text Strings
Drop Pick Boxes
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Advanced Search
Same tabs as Basic Search
Search GO and Filter Buttons
LogicalAND, OR, NOT
More Fields and Boolean Logic
Features
User defined search parametersSimple to Complex
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Advanced Search
Capsule Geology Bibliography
Free TextSearch Fields
Features
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Advanced Search
AND Uranium
Example
LogicalAND, OR, NOT
AND Stratiform
Pick Box open for selection
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Advanced Search
Report selection
Return to search
Export MINFILENumbers
Search Filters
Example
Results of Search
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Advanced Search
Report to print
Summary Report
Example
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Advanced Search

• Detail Report
• Location ID
• Mineral Occurrence
• Host Rock
• Geological Setting
• Inventory
• Production
• Capsule Geology
• Bibliography

Example
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Advanced Search
Import Numbers
Example
Acquire numbers from a search report or other
source (text)
OR
Type in text 093A 002103F 015
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MINFILE/PC

• All the data and power of the On-Line
  database - but portable
• Download the updated database as you need
  currently 12,220 occurrences
• Familiar search layouts like MINFILE
  Online
• Free text searches of Capsule Geology and
  Bibliography

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Thank You
Brought to you by The Resource Information
Group Larry Jones, Nick Massey, Laura Degroot,
Allan Wilcox, Pat Desjardins, Kirk
Hancock,Sarah Meredith-Jones, Nicole Robinson,
Ryan Cooney Gib McArthur (Manager)
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