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Map based index (GeoIndex) opencast coal prospecting areas

Publisher
British Geological Survey (BGS)
Updated
20 August 2026
Topic
Not set
Licence
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Summary

The map based index includes outlines for some 8,000 opencast coal prospecting sites dating from the 1940s until the mid 1990s. The index leads to information on the records of some 1 million boreholes (additional to those shown in the Borehole Records layer) drilled during site exploration and also the accompanying plans and other data, all filed in 3,618 boxes. The sites include those that have been drilled and not worked and also those that have been exploited. The original data, hardcopy maps, were received from the Coal Authority in 2001.

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GeoIndex Onshore: Opencast coal prospecting sites 20/8/2026

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
18 August 2026
Harvest GUID
9df8df53-2a72-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98
Extent (Latitude)
60.8600° to 49.7700°
Extent (Longitude)
-8.6500° to 1.7800°
Dataset reference date (creation)
2000
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Access 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.
Responsible party
British Geological Survey (distributor, pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

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