Identification

Title

BGS BritPits version 3

Abstract

The BGS BritPits v3 is derived from a BGS database, which contains 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 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. The information on currently active sites is continually updated with the cooperation of both local authorities and the minerals industry.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://www.bgs.ac.uk/datasets/britpits/

name: BGS Datasets - BritPits

function: information

https://doi.org/10.5285/2c2d3bf1-dffe-45e5-9cf3-5ad91f80fdc2

name: Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608346

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Commodity economics

Pits

Sand pits

data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE)

BGS Data Products

Open cut mining

Citable Data

Quarrying

Mines

Mining

Quarries

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2022

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

NERC_DDC

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.1000

East bounding longitude

-5.4000

North bounding latitude

55.4000

South bounding latitude

54.0000

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

CHA

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

CHANNEL ISLES [id=192500]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

GBN

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

IOM

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

ISLE OF MAN [id=178000]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

NIR

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

NORTHERN IRELAND [id=181000]

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1846

End position

2025-02

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2025-03

Frequency of update

annually

Quality and validity

Lineage

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 BritPits v3 dataset is processed following the instruction provided in document ‘BGS BritPits v3 Methodology Report’ Internal Report: IR/24/026

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011

degree

false

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Data format

name of format

GeoPackage (.gpkg)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

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.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth

NOTTINGHAM

NG12 5GG

United Kingdom

telephone number

0115 936 3143

facsimile number

0115 936 3276

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth

NOTTINGHAM

NG12 5GG

United Kingdom

telephone number

0115 936 3143

facsimile number

0115 936 3276

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth

NOTTINGHAM

NG12 5GG

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 115 936 3100

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-07-14

Metadata language