422699f2-eba9-cb25-e063-3050940a7f97 English dataset British Geological Survey +44 115 936 3100 Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-03-19 UK GEMINI 2.3 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608569 WGS 84 (EPSG::4326) BGS BritPits version 4 2025-10 creation http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608569 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. Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3143 0115 936 3276 Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3143 0115 936 3276 Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available pointOfContact annually https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/422699f2-eba9-cb25-e063-3050940a7f97.png Geology GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Pits Quarrying Commodity economics Mines Mining Open cut mining Quarries Sand pits BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences 2022 revision data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE) Citable Data BGS Data Products dataCentre NERC_DDC otherRestrictions license Either : (i) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under license; and / or (ii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted before the dataset can be provided to, or accessed by, BGS staff or external clients. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant access restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (IPR@bgs.ac.uk) for advice, should the position not be clear. otherRestrictions 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. The dataset is made available to external clients under BGS Digital Data Licence terms and conditions. Revert to the IPR Section (iprdigital@bgs.ac.uk) if further advice is required with regard to permitted usage. vector English geoscientificInformation ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision CHA British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation CHANNEL ISLES [id=192500] ISO 3166_2 2009 revision GBN British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600] ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision IOM British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation ISLE OF MAN [id=178000] ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision NIR British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation NORTHERN IRELAND [id=181000] -8.1000 -5.4000 54.0000 55.4000 -8.8800 2.1000 49.0000 61.0000 -4.8000 -4.3000 54.0000 54.5000 -2.6000 -2.0000 49.1000 49.8000 1846 2025-09 OGC GeoPackage (GPKG) witheld JSON witheld Comma-separated values (CSV) witheld ESRI Shapefile 1994 Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3143 0115 936 3276 Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor https://www.bgs.ac.uk/datasets/britpits/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link BGS Datasets - BritPits information https://doi.org/10.5285/f6b41d3c-b881-4f3d-8e10-40dc7262de1a WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI) British Geological Survey. (2026). BGS BritPits version 4. British Geological Survey. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/f6b41d3c-b881-4f3d-8e10-40dc7262de1a information dataset dataset INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology 2011 publication See the referenced specification false Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF false This digital archive of mining records held by the BGS, includes information from the Memoirs of the Geological Survey and Museum of Practical Geology (1846 -1872); the Mineral Statistics publications (1855 - 1986); the Inspectorate of Mines (1897, 1948 - 1993); the Directory of Mines and Quarries (1984 onwards) and the BGS Geology 50 (Geological mapping at 1:50,000 scale). The BritPits version 4 dataset is processed following the instruction provided in document ‘BGS BritPits version 3 Methodology Report’ Internal Report: IR/24/026