Date (Creation)

2010-08

Citation identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605430

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

Not planned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

• UK Location (INSPIRE)

• Mineral resources

• Mineral resource maps

• Mineral economics

dataCentre

• UK Location (INSPIRE)

Keywords

• NERC_DDC

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

license

Other constraints

Either : (i) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under license; and / or (ii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted before the dataset can be provided to, or accessed by, BGS staff or external clients. 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 access restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (IPR@bgs.ac.uk) for advice, should the position not be clear.

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

The dataset is made available to external clients under BGS Digital Data Licence terms and conditions. Revert to the IPR Section ( iprdigital@bgs.ac.uk) if further advice is required with regard to permitted usage.

Spatial representation type

Vector

Denominator

50000

Language

English

Topic category

• Geoscientific information

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

Begin date

2009-01

End date

2010-12

Supplemental Information

This dataset has been produced by the collation and interpretation of mineral resource data principally held by the British Geological Survey. The mineral resource data presented are based on the best available information, but are not comprehensive and their quality is variable. The inferred boundaries shown are, therefore, approximate. Mineral resources defined in the data delineate areas within which potentially workable minerals may occur. These areas are not of uniform potential and also take no account of planning considerations that may limit their working. The economic potential of specific sites can only be proved by a detailed evaluation programme. Such an investigation is an essential precursor to submitting a planning application for mineral working. The individual merits of the site must then be judged against other land-use planning issues. Extensive areas are shown as having no mineral resource potential, but some isolated mineral workings may occur in these areas. The presence of these operations generally reflects very local or specific situations. The pattern of demand for minerals is continually evolving due to changing economic, technical and environmental factors. The dataset should only be used to show a broad distribution of those mineral resources which may be of current or potential economic interest. The data should not be used to determine individual planning applications or in taking decisions on the acquisition or use of a particular piece of land, although they may give useful background information which sets a specific proposal in context. Criteria used to define resources, for example in terms of mineral to waste ratios, also change with location and time. Thus a mineral deposit with a high proportion of waste may be viable if located in close proximity to a major market, but uneconomic if located further away. These criteria vary depending on the quality of the information available. The extents of mineral resources shown in these data are generally the inferred surface expression of the resource. However, users should note that workable minerals may extend beneath overburden which is adjacent to the outcrop area shown. Bedrock resource for the commodity may exist underneath where a superficial deposit for the same commodity is shown. Bedrock deposits are not shown underneath the superficial deposits for the same commodity type to ensure that the commodity layer is topologically correct (i.e. polygons do not overlap) and can be used in a GIS system for analysis. The Mineral Resource dataset has been developed at 1:50 000 scale and must not be used at larger scales. Digital map data should therefore be used at about the same scale as their original compilation; for example 1:50 000 scale data should not normally be blown up and used at 1:10 000 scale. Most geological maps were originally fitted to a particular topographic base and care must be taken in interpretation, for example when the geological data are draped over a more recent topography. All spatial searches against the data should be done with a minimum 50 m buffer. Mineral resources defined in the data delineate areas within which potentially workable minerals may occur. (contract 252/2009/09).

Unique resource identifier

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

Distribution format

Name	Version
ESRI shapefiles
Digital map
Paper map

Distributor contact

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

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://www.bgs.ac.uk/datasets/bgs-mineral-resources/	BGS Mineral Resources - Datasets

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Other

dataset

Statement

[1] BGS DiGMapGB-50 version 5 geology polygons were clipped to the county boundary. [2] A list and map of the geological lithologies for each county were supplied to the Economic Geologist for interpretation of which bedrock and superficial geological formations might now, or in the foreseeable future, be of economic value. [3] Interpretations are then extracted from the derived from DiGMapGB-50 version 5 and given a mineral resource attribute and colour. [4] Maps were re-supplied to the Economic Geologist for correction. Small areas of resources were deleted when considered to be uneconomic/unworkable. [5] Drafts of the finished maps taken to stakeholders for comment. [6] Maps approved and digital data, collated for each map, sent to GIS specialist for dataset preparation and cleaning. [7] Data produced for each map was merged together to produce regional files based on resource commodity. [8] Mineral commodity and name attributes are correctly assigned using the legend supplied by Economic Geologist. [9] Polygons dissolved based on name attribute, removing all county boundaries. [10] Remove sliver polygons (created as a result of geological sheet boundaries) where possible and re-dissolve. [11] Multipart to single part operation conducted on each dataset. [12] Redundant attributes removed. [13] Repair geometry operation to clean the dataset. [14] Economic Geologist approves final resource dataset.

Metadata

File identifier

9df8df53-2a70-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML

Metadata language

English

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2025-07-05

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/13605430