Mines And Quarries Database - BritPits.

List of mines and quarries in the UK including information about operational status, products, lithostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy, pit and operator addresses, minerals planning authority. Digital data has been sold from the BritPits database, since 1994, this has been customised to suit purchasers. Use is also made of sets of operational workings data by Bureau Services who pay royalties and get updates. Older data on operators tends to be incomplete as it was not recorded. Updating is ongoing to update litho- and chronostrat data. Originally, only details of currently active sites were included in the database but, because of the importance of former workings for waste disposal and as Sites of Special Scientific Interest, information is now collected on both inactive and closed operations. The data is held in a relational database using an Oracle server and a Microsoft Access front-end. The database can be used for many purposes: mailing lists, route planning, market intelligence/analysis, and resource planning, and data has been supplied to a wide range of customers.
 
Citation proposal
Enquiries (British Geological Survey). Mines And Quarries Database - BritPits.. https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/9df8df51-637b-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98

Simple

Date ( Creation )
1987
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480276

  Distributor

  0115 936 3276 

  Originator

  0115 936 3276 

  Point of contact

  0115 936 3276 

  Custodian

  0115 936 3276 
Maintenance and update frequency
irregular Irregular
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Mines , Quarrying , Open cut mining , Sand pits , Mining , Commodity economics
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Use constraints
otherRestrictions 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 Grid
Denominator
10000
Metadata language
English English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
GB

 

Date ( Revision )
2009

Geographic identifier
UK [id=139300]

 

Date ( Creation )
1979

Geographic identifier
UKM

 

Date ( Revision )
2009

N
S
E
W


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.
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::29900

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

Distribution format
  • BOOKS - Published information on operational workings as Directory of Mines and Quarries latest edition 1998. ()

  Distributor

  0115 936 3276 
OnLine resource
GeoIndex  

The GeoIndex allows users to search for information about BGS data collections covering the UK and other areas world wide. Access is free, the interface is easy to use, and it has been developed to enable users to check coverage of different types of data and find out some background information about the data. More detailed information can be obtained by further enquiry to specified contacts, and ordering can be carried out via the web site.

OnLine resource
BGS BritPits Homepage  
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
false

Conformance result

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
false
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).

gmd:MD_Metadata

File identifier
9df8df51-637b-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98   XML
Metadata language
English English
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2020-09-28
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3

  Point of contact

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

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