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BGS BritPits version 4

Publisher
British Geological Survey (BGS)
Updated
28 August 2026
Topic
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Licence
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Summary

The BGS BritPits version 4 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.

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Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 28/8/2026
BGS Datasets - BritPits 28/8/2026

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
28 August 2026
Harvest GUID
422699f2-eba9-cb25-e063-3050940a7f97
Extent (Latitude)
55.4000° to 54.0000°
Extent (Longitude)
-8.1000° to -5.4000°
Dataset reference date (creation)
2025-10
Frequency of update
annually
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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