99eb85f5-2e3b-405c-aa9b-5de2e1d86d3e English dataset Laura Williams British Geological Survey enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2025-03-21 Met4Tech metadata register 0.1 WGS 84 Latitude Longitude Lithium: BGS Commodity Review 2016 Resource publication date Lithium: BGS Commodity Review This dataset explains definitions, mineralogy and deposits of lithium. It provides a detailed description of the extraction and processing of lithium and its environmental implications. It provides world resources, reserves, and production figures of lithium. The data will be of value to all those interested in tracking and understanding the lithium mineralogy, deposit types, uses, and potential resources and reserves in the UK and globally. N. Idoine British Geological Survey nkay@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact unknown https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/minerals/m4tGraphic/mt4.png Lithium metal resources reserves global production MET4TECH dataCentre Economics BGS Geoscience Thesaurus 2002 BGS Thesaurus creation date 2022 BGS Thesaurus revision date no limitations to public access English utf8 economy geoscientificInformation 2016 UK -180.0 180.0 -90.0 90 World Source document: Met4Tech_Metadata_BGS lithium profile_2016.docx PDF https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534440/1/lithium_profile.pdf dataset 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 The dataset utilized public-domain data and information on lithium and has been reviewed by internal experts at the British Geological Survey. Metadata is distributed with a CC BY-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NoDerivs 4.0 International) licence