The site-based data of contaminated and remediated soil samples are presented in Tables S1–S4 in the Supplementary materials.The soil samples collected from gold mining site showed the high est concentrations of Mn and Fe while those from Galvanized Roofing Sheet and ceramic industries had the highest levels of Cu and Zn. The concentration of Ca in the soil samples taken from Cementand Galvanized Roofing Sheet industries was the highest in all the samples analyzed