4b1d6a09-2685-32e2-e063-3050940a53b5 English dataset British Geological Survey +44 131 667 1000 The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-04-12 UK GEMINI 2.3 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608639 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700) BGS Mineral Resources of Great Britain 1994 creation http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608639 This dataset provides digital spatial information on the location of mineral resources across the onshore area of the United Kingdom at a scale of 1:50 000. The term ‘mineral resources’ has a definition under international standards that includes both an economic and geological dimension. These data are based primarily on mapped geology with limited assessment of economics. Therefore, the term ‘mineral resources’ is used here in a broad sense. The dataset allows users to visualise the extent and distribution of mineral resources across the UK and to relate them to other forms of land-use (such as urban areas or designated environmentally sensitive areas) or to other factors (such as transport infrastructure and conservation information). The UK dataset has been created by integrating mineral resource datasets originally produced for England, Scotland and Wales through a series of commissioned and grant-funded projects led by the British Geological Survey (BGS) between 1994 and 2010. These national datasets were developed separately, using a consistent geological evidence base and interpretation approach, and have subsequently been harmonised and merged to support UK-wide online spatial delivery. The BGS Mineral Resource data does not determine mineral reserves and therefore does not denote potential areas of extraction. Only onshore, mainland mineral resources are included in the dataset. This dataset has been produced by the collation and interpretation of mineral resource data principally held by the British Geological Survey. The mineral resource data presented are based on the best available information but are not comprehensive and their quality is variable. The dataset should only be used to show a broad distribution of those mineral resources which may be of current or potential economic interest. 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 asNeeded https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/4b1d6a09-2685-32e2-e063-3050940a53b5.png Geology GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Digital data Minerals Economic geology BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences 2022 revision data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE) 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_2 2009 revision GBN British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600] -5.7200 2.8500 51.0800 56.3200 1994 2010 ESRI Shapefile (.shp) 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 https://www.bgs.ac.uk/datasets/bgs-mineral-resources/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related BGS Datasets – Mineral resources Access to the BGS dataset catalogue to licence the dataset. 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 UK dataset is derived from the integration of mineral resource datasets originally produced for England, Scotland and Wales. For the Scottish and Welsh components, BGS DiGMapGB-50 version 5 geology polygons were clipped to administrative areas and geological lithologies were supplied to Economic Geologists for interpretation of bedrock and superficial formations that might be of current or future economic value. These interpretations were extracted from DiGMapGB-50 and attributed as mineral resources. Draft maps were reviewed internally and with stakeholders, revised where areas were considered uneconomic or unworkable, and then prepared as cleaned GIS datasets. Polygons were dissolved by mineral resource name, sliver polygons removed where possible, multipart features converted to singlepart, redundant attributes removed, and geometry repaired. Final datasets were approved by an Economic Geologist. For England, the dataset is derived from a series of county-based mineral resource mapping projects commissioned between 1994 and 2006 by the Department of the Environment (DoE), Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR), Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) and the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). Early datasets were digitised in MicroStation and later converted to ArcView format; more recent datasets were derived directly from BGS DiGMapGB data and edited in ArcView/ArcGIS. Revisions were undertaken in 2011–2012 following new research and the release of DiGMapGB-50 version 5. In 2020, minor revisions to geometry and attributes were applied across the national datasets in response to minor corrections. Paper map products were not re-released following these updates. The national datasets were subsequently harmonised and merged by BGS to produce a single, onshore, UK-wide mineral resources dataset for online spatial delivery.