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Soil samples were collected from approximately 70 sites in the Rosetown-Outlook area of south central Saskatchewan.  No sampling year was given.  Sample sites were selected to represent the dominant soil parent material (lacustrine, till, alluvial or aeolian deposits) and small atypical deposits were avoided.  At each site a C-horizon (usually Cca) sample was obtained at a maximum depth of 1 m using a posthole digger.  A composite A (usually Ap) horizon sample was prepared by mixing five subsamples taken within a few metres of the subsurface sample hole.  At approximately one quarter of the sites, duplicate C-horizon samples were collected 30 m apart.  The purpose of the study was to test an approach to regional geochemical mapping which uses differences among mean metal concentrations for soil associated with individual parent materials.  The study is published in CJES v.16.