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Inventory of Closed Mining Waste Facilities

This metadata record is for Approval for Access product AfA260. The European Mining Waste Directive (2006/21/EC) requires Member States to create an inventory of closed or abandoned mine waste...

Staffordshire Active Quarries and Mines 2021

Extent of permitted quarries and mine boundary sites derived from the approved planning permission plans

Coal mining parent phase

The coal mining parent phase data set records the chronology of an underground working (Proposed or Actual). A Parent Phase will typically start life as Proposed and as Coal is extracted over a...

Coal mining licence area

The coal mining licence area dataset shows the position for each License Area relating to both underground, opencast and underground coal gasification as taken from the information held by the...

Discharges to rivers from abandoned metal mines

Information about average flows and water quality for known mine water discharges from abandoned metal mines in England. Adapted and updated from "Prioritisation of abandoned non-coal mine impacts...

Survey on mine-water geothermal in Poland

The study in three coal mining regions: Lower Silesia, Upper Silesia and Lublin (each N=500) was conducted using Computer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI). The questionnaire includes the block of...

Miscellaneous rocks collection (former museum reserve collection)

Important collection of >37 000 rocks of historic and scientific value, incorporating the Former Reserve collection of the Geological Museum (South Kensington) but with recent additions, and...

Heating and cooling demand over coal mine workings

This dataset has been produced upon collaboration with the Ordnance Survey (OS), in order to produce a geospatial layer to aid in identifying areas which might see the most impact from a mine water...

Plans of abandoned mines (other than coal and shale) Scotland

The collection comprises plans of mine workings for ironstone, fireclay, limestone, baryte and metalliferous minerals for Scotland dating from 1872 onwards deposited on abandonment of a mine in...

North East Mining and Groundwater Constraints Map

The Mining and Groundwater Constraints Map is part of a screening tool which has been created through a partnership between the Environment Agency and the Coal Authority. Its geographical coverage...

Coal Authority - Abandoned Mines View Service (WMS)

This Web Mapping Service (WMS) contains a collection of information extracted from the National Coal Mining Database. This data represents a snapshot in time taken from the National Coal Mining...

Coal Authority - Mine Entries View Service (WMS)

This Web Mapping Service (WMS) contains a collection of information extracted from the National Coal Mining Database. This data represents a snapshot in time taken from the National Coal Mining...

Mining Hazard (not including coal) Great Britain version 8

Mining hazard (not including coal) summarises the location, extent and indicates the level of hazard associated with former and present underground mine workings. The dataset covers Great Britain...

Happs / Hall mining index to geological field notebooks

A detailed index into information relating to mining activity and hazards contained within select field notebooks held by the British Geological Survey (BGS). Two former National Coal Board (NCB)...

Mining hazard (not including coal) in Great Britain

The dataset indicates the potential for hazard in Great Britain as a result of mineral extraction. It excludes areas of Coal mining as these are covered by the Coal Authority. It is based on a...

Prime geological data - deep mine coal

Prime Geological Data resulting from deep underground coal exploration and exploitation produced by the British Coal Board and/or its precursors. The collection dates back to the 18th century and...

LP Minerals Area of Preferred Extension to Existing Salt Mine

Area of Preferred Extension to Existing Salt Mine

Water bodies impacted by pollution from abandoned metal mines

List of water bodies (rivers) with significant failures of environmental quality standards for metals (cadmium, lead, nickel, copper, zinc and/or iron) caused by abandoned metal mines in England....

Map based index (GeoIndex) rock samples

The map shows the localities where samples that form part of the BGS rock collections have been taken. Many of these samples are from surface exposure, and were collected by BGS geologists during...

Coal Authority - Coal Mining Reporting Areas View Service (WMS)

This Web Mapping Service (WMS) contains a collection of information extracted from the National Coal Mining Database. This data represents a snapshot in time taken from the National Coal Mining...