Date (Creation)

1987

Citation identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480276

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	Originator
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Point of contact
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Custodian

Maintenance and update frequency

Irregular

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

• UK Location (INSPIRE)

• Quarrying

• Mines

• Mining

• Open cut mining

• Sand pits

• Commodity economics

dataCentre

• UK Location (INSPIRE)

Keywords

• NERC_DDC

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

Externally, datasets are sold with BGS data licence allowing for single use by customer. Use allowed internal to BGS with acknowledgements. External use supplied with sets, not access to database.

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

GB

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

Begin date

1835

Supplemental Information

Started for use in Directory of Mines and Quarries 1987 edition. Updated irregularly, as and when information comes in, e.g. as part of other projects. Major updates have been triennial in past.

Unique resource identifier

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

Unique resource identifier

TM65 / Irish National Grid (EPSG::29900)

Distribution format

Name	Version
BOOKS - Published information on operational workings as Directory of Mines and Quarries latest edition 1998.

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/GeoIndex/	GeoIndex

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.bgs.ac.uk/products/minerals/britpits.html	BGS BritPits Homepage

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

Has carried on from Directory of MInes and Quarries book started 1800s. Data is gathered from a number of sources: BGS's own extensive records, Mineral Planning Authorities (MPAs), the minerals industry and various central Government Departments and Agencies (ODPM, Coal Authority, etc).

Metadata

File identifier

9df8df51-637b-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML

Metadata language

English

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2025-07-16

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/13480276