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Mining Hazard (not including coal) Great Britain version 8

Mining hazard (not including coal) summarises the location, extent and indicates the level of hazard associated with former and present underground mine workings. The dataset covers Great Britain and is published at 1: 50 000 scale. The content is derived from a range of data sources including, but not limited to the bedrock geology, extensive literature reviews of both published and unpublished documents, abandonment and mine plans, combined with a wealth of expert knowledge and experience. The release of version 8 builds on the content of previously published versions. The coverage has been expanded with the inclusion of newly identified areas and drawing on data from the BGS published Britpits (BGS database of British Pits -includes both surface and underground mineral workings) and other resources. For the first time, zones of influence have been integrated (for evaporites, oil shales and building stones) to indicate the areas surrounding mining sites which might be impacted. The data have been compiled and presented in an easy to use format to provide a national overview of the country's mining legacy. Given the long and complex mining history of Great Britain, this dataset represents the best information available at the present time (September 2020). Work continues to develop this product, which will result in the release of ad hoc updates in the future.
 
Citation proposal
Enquiries (British Geological Survey). Mining Hazard (not including coal) Great Britain version 8. https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/affd0b2f-8e2b-16f9-e054-002128a47908

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Date ( Creation )
2020
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607666

  Custodian

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

  0115 936 3143  
  0115 936 3276 

  Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

  0115 936 3143  
  0115 936 3276 

  Principal investigator

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

  0115 936 3143  
  0115 936 3276 

  Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  

  Point of contact

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  

Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned Not planned
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Vein deposits , Ores , Minerals , Underground mining , Evaporite minerals , Chalk , Oil shale , Building stones , Natural hazards , Mining
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
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.
Metadata language
English English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
GBN

 

Date ( Revision )
2009

Geographic identifier
GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600]

 

Date ( Creation )
1979

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S
E
W


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

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

Distribution format
  • ESRI Shapefile ()

  Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

  0115 936 3143  
  0115 936 3276 

  Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  

OnLine resource
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/products/geohazards/miningHazard/home.html  
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Other
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
Underlying geological content is derived from BGS Geology 50k. Additional information relating to individual mining sites has been obtained as a result of comprehensive literature search. Including data derived from published and unpublished maps, plans and documents held by BGS. Supplementary information has been garnered from expert knowledge. Zones of influence have been calculated using a method created by BGS. This procedure has been derived from the published British Coal methodology. All data processing was carried out using ESRI ArcGIS version 10.3.

gmd:MD_Metadata

File identifier
affd0b2f-8e2b-16f9-e054-002128a47908   XML
Metadata language
English English
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2021-01-22
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3

  Point of contact

British Geological Survey  
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

  +44 115 936 3100  
Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607666
 
 

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