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Minerals Programme Geochemistry Database.

The Mineral Reconnaissance Programme (MRP), funded by the DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) carried out baseline mineral exploration in Great Britain between 1972 and 1997. Its main aim was to stimulate private-sector exploration and the development of indigenous mineral resources. It has been subsumed into the new BGS Minerals Programme, also funded by the DTI. The Programme provides information and advice to industry, enables technology transfer and promotes wealth creation through the effective sustainable development of Britain's mineral resources. The database contains information from the MRP together with some from earlier programmes and the new Minerals Programme. Information from the early 1970s was largely concerned with the search for uranium and base-metals, while since the 1980s gold and platinum-group elements (PGEs) have dominated. A range of pathfinder elements have also been determined. Data is held on the geochemistry of drainage stream sediments, panned concentrates, soil, deep overburden, rock and drillcore samples. All geochemical results are used to populate corporate Geochemistry Database.

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Date (Creation)
1972
Citation identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480189
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Distributor

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
Irregular

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

  • UK Location (INSPIRE)

  • Geochemistry

  • Minerals

  • Soil chemistry

dataCentre
  • UK Location (INSPIRE)
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Data sold under licence. Copyright control.
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Other constraints

Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section ( ipr@bgs.ac.uk) for advice, should the position not be clear.

Spatial representation type
Grid
Denominator
10000
Language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
ENG

ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision

Geographic identifier
ENGLAND [id=150000]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

Geographic identifier
GB

ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision

Geographic identifier
SCOTLAND [id=140000]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

Geographic identifier
SCT

ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision

Geographic identifier
UK [id=139300]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

Geographic identifier
UKM

ISO 3166_2 2009 revision

Geographic identifier
WALES [id=170000]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

Geographic identifier
WLS

ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision

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Begin date
1972
Supplemental Information

The Mineral Reconnaissance Programme started in 1972 following earlier work on uranium exploration. It was succeeded by the Minerals Programme in 1997. Data collected on a project basis covering many of the mineralised areas of the UK. The level of spatial detail varies from regional drainage samples collected at 1 sample per square kilometre to soil samples at 1 sample per 10 m spacing.

Unique resource identifier
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
Distribution format
Name Version

DIGITAL

REPORT - Reports and Electronic Format.

Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Distributor
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/exploration/techniques.html

MineralsUK

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Other

dataset

Conformance result

Title

INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology

Date (Publication)
2011
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Pass
No

Conformance result

Title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Pass
No
Statement

Project was a successor to uranium exploration for UKAEA and has been funded by the DTI as the MRP and Minerals Programme since 1972. All geochemical results added to corporate Geochemistry Database.

Metadata

File identifier
9df8df51-6338-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
Metadata language
English
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-05-06
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Point of contact
Dataset URI

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480189

 
 

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Keywords

UK Location (INSPIRE)


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