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Mineral veins of the Southern Pennine Orefield

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

3200 mineral veins (i.e. lead, fluorspar) of the Southern Pennine Orefield within the Peak District National Park captured as a single dataset in 1983 from BGS 1:10 560 published maps with additional veins from referenced literature. The data covers a small, very limited area. Also includes several pipe and flat deposits. Also includes mapped faults. The dataset is approximately 99.5% complete. Uses for the data include economic geology, mineral resources, mine hazards. Veins are numbered but not named.

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
13 August 2026
Harvest GUID
9df8df51-63ea-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98
Extent (Latitude)
53.8100° to 53.0000°
Extent (Longitude)
-2.7000° to -1.4500°
Dataset reference date (creation)
1983
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, originator, pointOfContact, custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

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