| Dataset title |
BGS BritPits version 2.1 |
| Dataset creators |
British Geological Survey |
| Dataset theme |
Geoscientific Information |
| Dataset abstract |
The BGS BritPits version 2.1 is derived from the BGS BritPits database, which contains more than 255 000 records of mineral workings covering the Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands. The coverage includes active, inactive, dormant and ceased sites and also a range of mineral operations, including mines, quarries, onshore oil and gas fields, together with wharfs and rail depots handling mineral products and industrial processes which produce a mineral product. This digital archive of mining records held by the BGS, includes information from the Memoirs of the Geological Survey and Museum of Practical Geology (1846 -1872); the Mineral Statistics publications (1855 - 1986); the Inspectorate of Mines (1897, 1948 - 1993); the Directory of Mines and Quarries (1984 onwards) and the BGS Geology 50 (Geological mapping at 1:50,000 scale).The information on currently active sites has been updated continually with the cooperation of both local authorities and the minerals industry. |
| Dataset content dates |
1846 - October 2023 |
| Dataset spatial coverage |
Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands. |
| Dataset supply format |
Shapefiles (.shp) and Excel files (.xlsx) |
| Dataset language |
English-United Kingdom |
| Dataset discovery metadata record |
Discovery Link to the dataset's BGS Discovery Metadata record |
| Dataset publisher |
British Geological Survey |
| Dataset publication date |
March 2024 (Dataset has been revised and re-released from the October 2023 V2 version) |
| Dataset digital object identifier (DOI) |
10.5285/088c213b-6397-4296-a4b9-138ccb937729 |
| Dataset citation text |
British Geological Survey. (2024). BGS BritPits version 2.1. British Geological Survey. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/088c213b-6397-4296-a4b9-138ccb937729 |
| Constraints and terms of use |
The BGS BritPits_v2_1 dataset is available under Licence, except its Index, the BritPits_Index_v2_1.
The BritPits_Index_v2_1 is under Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: "Contains British Geological Survey materials © NERC [2023]".
The BritPits_Index_v2_1 is free for commercial, research and public use. Acknowledge the material.
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| Access the dataset |
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/datasets/britpits/ |
