King, PenelopeTroitzsch, UlrikeJones, Tristen2020-12-202020-12-202352-3409http://hdl.handle.net/1885/217900This data article contains mineralogic and chemical data from mineral coatings associated with rock art from the East Alligator River region. The coatings were collected adjacent to a rock art style known as the “Northern Running Figures” for the purposes of radiocarbon dating (doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.11.016; (T. Jones, V. Levchenko, P.L. King, U. Troitzsch, D. Wesley, 2017) [1]). This contribution includes raw and processed powder X-ray Diffraction data, Scanning Electron Microscopy energy dispersive spectroscopy data, and Fourier Transform infrared spectral data.This research was supported by Australian Research Council grants to King (FT130101524 and DP150104604). The Centre for Advanced Microscopy is supported by the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility (AMMRF).application/pdfen-AU© 2016 The Authorshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/201710.1016/j.dib.2016.12.0242020-11-23CC BY license