Shallow Coal Workings
The shallow coal workings dataset is derived from the Authority's records of underground coal mine workings. This dataset consists of all those underground coal workings with a recorded or interpolated depth from surface of 30m or less, with the exception of thicker seams where a depth of 50m will be applied. Underground workings do not readily constitute a threat to surface stability due to the ability of the overlying strata to dissipate any movement from within the workings before they reach the surface. However, shallow workings do not have sufficient overlying strata therefore any movement has the potential to reach the surface and cause damage.
dataset
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SHALLOW_WORKINGS
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EPSG
27700
environment
Coal
Mining
Underground
Mining Report
Ground stability
Downloadable Data
-11.1956282
9.0461269
57.967916
50.3099793
Great Britain
publication
2023-10-12
continual
The shallow workings product has been derived from the underground workings spatial dataset which was created during the early 1980s in readiness for the automated provision of coal mining reports; that was introduced locally in 1985 and established nationally in 1989. A team of qualified National Coal Board (NCB)/ British Coal Corporation (BCC) mining surveyors were engaged to rationalise the mining and other source plans, reference the same to Ordnance Survey National Grid or County Series and subsequently capture the data into the first computerised mining report system (MRS). The spatial datasets were subsequently migrated into the Authority's current ESRI based GIS.
Shapefile
10.7
Data available under a Coal Authority data licence. See https://www.gov.uk/guidance/licensable-coal-mining-data.
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