Date (Creation)

1972

Citation identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480289

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

• Economic geology

• Ores

• Boreholes

• Quarrying

• Mineral deposits

• Metals

• Minerals

dataCentre

• data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE)

Keywords

• NERC_DDC

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

Majority of reports now on open file. Restricted conditions apply.

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

GBN

ISO 3166_2 2009 revision

Geographic identifier

GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

Begin date

1971

End date

1984

Supplemental Information

MEIGA Act repealed. Some new data added by companies as prospects are released.

Unique resource identifier

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

Distribution format

Name	Version
TIFF image (.tif, .tiff)
PDF file (.pdf)

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	https://www.bgs.ac.uk/ngdc/	National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC)

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	https://ukcmic.org/reports/meiga.html	UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre Website

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Other

dataset

Statement

The MEIGA report collection was generated through mineral exploration projects funded under the Mineral Exploration and Investigation Grants Act between 1971 and 1984. Exploration work was carried out by commercial mineral exploration companies under grant funding administered by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Project outputs, including technical reports and supporting geological and exploration data, were submitted to Government and subsequently transferred to the British Geological Survey (BGS) for long-term curation and public access. Reports have been catalogued and preserved within the BGS archives. The reports were scanned, OCR'ed and delivered in 2025 with full text search capabilities integrated. Associated physical geological materials, including drill core and sample materials collected during the exploration programmes, are curated within BGS core stores. Spatial references to MEIGA project areas have been integrated into BGS digital discovery systems, including GeoIndex, to support data discovery and access.

Metadata

File identifier

9df8df51-6384-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML

Metadata language

English

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2026-02-24

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/13480289