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Mining Remediation Authority abandoned coal mine plans collection

Publisher
British Geological Survey (BGS)
Updated
8 July 2026
Topic
Not set
Licence
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Summary

The dataset comprises of the plans of abandoned coal mines in Great Britain deposited with the Mining Remediation Authority (MRA) and held on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive in line with the 1872 Coal Mines Regulation Act and Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act. The physical plans are held by the MRA and a digital copy of the index to and scans of these plans was deposited to the British Geological Survey (BGS) for delivery through the BGS mine plans viewer. BGS also holds an incomplete disaster recovery copy of the microfiche of the statutory mine abandonment plans for the MRA.

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
11 February 2026
Harvest GUID
9df8df52-d658-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98
Extent (Latitude)
56.3200° to 51.0800°
Extent (Longitude)
-5.7200° to 2.8500°
Dataset reference date (creation)
1800
Frequency of update
asNeeded
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