{"id":528,"date":"2025-07-28T13:55:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T12:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/?page_id=528"},"modified":"2025-07-28T15:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:11:12","slug":"depositing-sample-analysis-data","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/support-and-guidance\/depositing-sample-analysis-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Depositing sample analysis data"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Depositing sample analysis data<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/P1036097.webp\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>After sampling material from the BGS Core Store within the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geological-repository\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Geological Repository<\/a>, you are required to deposit all raw data and interpretative reports relating to the sample with BGS.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your data should be deposited via the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/transfer.bgs.ac.uk\/ingestion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NGDC Data Deposit Application<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Choose the data source: this should be &#8216;Core sample analysis&#8217;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add the loan number 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