Depth of Abandoned Mine Workings - Scotland
Water in abandoned mine workings is a potential source of geothermal energy. It can used in space and water heating. The thermal energy that can be obtained tends to increase with depth. Alongside other data from the Scotland Heat Map, depth information is used to identify areas where geothermal energy could be used as a low carbon, renewable heat source. Depth is given in meters and is displayed using contour lines. This data comes from a 2013 Scottish Government commissioned study into the potential for deep geothermal energy. The work was carried out by the British Geological Survey (BGS) and AECOM. BGS used an existing data source to create a model to estimate depth, no new measurements were taken. More information can be found in the study report on the Scottish Government website: https://www.gov.scot/publications/study-potential-deep-geothermal-energy-scotland-volume-2/
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This data comes from a 2013 Scottish Government commissioned study into the potential for deep geothermal energy. The work was carried out by the British Geological Survey (BGS). Existing sources of data were used, no new measurements were taken. The vertical (depth) extent of mining in Scotland was calculated by generating a surface indicating the depth of mine workings across the Midland Valley. This was created using a dataset of all records in the BGS Single Onshore Borehole Index (SOBI: http://www.bgs.ac.uk/products/onshore/SOBI.html) that contained the word 'shaft' or 'pit'. These data were then filtered to remove those with a '0' start height, a '0' borehole length or those which started below ground level. The surface was created by interpolation in GOCAD® software. The volume of the mine-worked area (i.e. from the base of the mine workings to land surface) is estimated to be 6 x 1011 m3, or 600 km3. More information can be found in the study report on the Scottish Government website: https://www.gov.scot/publications/study-potential-deep-geothermal-energy-scotland-volume-2/
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