Mineral Resource Polygons Northern Ireland (Internal Geological Boundaries Retained)
This mineral resource data was produced as part of the Mineral Resource Map of Northern Ireland via a commission from the Northern Ireland Department of the Environment. The work resulted in a series of 21 data layers which were used to generate a series of six digitally generated maps. This work was completed in 2012 with one map for each of the six counties (including county boroughs) of Northern Ireland at a scale of 1:100 000. This data and the accompanying maps are intended to assist strategic decision making in respect of mineral extraction and the protection of important mineral resources against sterilisation. They bring together a wide range of information, much of which is scattered and not always available in a convenient form. The data has been produced by the collation and interpretation of mineral resource data principally held by the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland and was funded via a commission from the Northern Ireland Department of the Environment. These layers display the spatial data of the mineral resources of Northern Ireland. There are a series of layers which consist of: Bedrock: Clay, Bauxitic clay, Coal & Lignite, Coal – lignite proven, Conglomerate, Dolomite, Igneous and meta-igneous rock, Limestone, a 100m buffer layer on the Ulster White Limestone, Meta-sedimentary rocks, Perlite, Salt, Sandstone and Silica Sand. Superficial (unconsolidated recent sediments) : Sand & gravel and Peat. The data except for the salt and proven lignite resource layers was derived from the 1:50 00 and 1:250 000 scale DigMap NI dataset. This version of the data retains the internal geological boundaries which are dissolved out in the accompanying dissolved version. A user guide 'The Mineral Resources of Northern Ireland digital dataset (version 1)' OR/12/039 describing the creation and use of the data is available.
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2011
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
0115 936 3276
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
,
NOTTINGHAM
,
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
,
NG12 5GG
,
United Kingdom
0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
0115 936 3276
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
,
NOTTINGHAM
,
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
,
NG12 5GG
,
United Kingdom
0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
0115 936 3276
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
,
NOTTINGHAM
,
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
,
NG12 5GG
,
United Kingdom
0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276
- Maintenance and update frequency
- irregular
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
- BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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- Mineral economics
- Mineral resources
- Planning
- UK Location (INSPIRE)
- Minerals
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- NERC_DDC
- Limitations on Public Access
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- Other constraints
- copyright
- Other constraints
- Cannot be provided to third parties without appropriate license in place. Internal BGS use only.
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- Other 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.
- Other constraints
- There are no restrictions on the use that may be made of the dataset, although an appropriate copyright acknowledgement must be made when any part of the dataset is reproduced. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely available without any use constraints - inclusion of any third party data / information will affect the copyright acknowledgement that needs to be made.
- Other constraints
- Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. 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 use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk ) for advice, should the position not be clear.
- Spatial representation type
- vector
- Denominator
- 100000
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
- Extent
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NIR
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2009
- Extent
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NORTHERN IRELAND [id=181000]
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 1979
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- Begin date
- 2011-01
- End date
- 2012-12
- Additional information
- 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 inferred boundaries shown are, therefore, approximate. Mineral resources defined in the data delineate areas within which potentially workable minerals may occur. These areas are not of uniform potential and also take no account of planning considerations that may limit their working. The economic potential of specific sites can only be proved by a detailed evaluation programme. Such an investigation is an essential precursor to submitting a planning application for mineral working. The individual merits of the site must then be judged against other land-use planning issues. Extensive areas are shown as having no mineral resource potential, but some isolated mineral workings may occur in these areas. The presence of these operations generally reflects very local or specific situations. The pattern of demand for minerals is continually evolving due to changing economic, technical and environmental factors. The dataset should only be used to show a broad distribution of those mineral resources which may be of current or potential economic interest. The data should not be used to determine individual planning applications or in taking decisions on the acquisition or use of a particular piece of land, although they may give useful background information which sets a specific proposal in context. Criteria used to define resources, for example in terms of mineral to waste ratios, also change with location and time. Thus a mineral deposit with a high proportion of waste may be viable if located in close proximity to a major market, but uneconomic if located further away. These criteria vary depending on the quality of the information available. The extents of mineral resources shown in these data are generally the inferred surface expression of the resource. However, users should note that workable minerals may extend beneath overburden which is adjacent to the outcrop area shown. Bedrock resource for the commodity may exist underneath where a superficial deposit for the same commodity is shown. Bedrock deposits are not shown underneath the superficial deposits for the same commodity type to ensure that the commodity layer is topologically correct (i.e. polygons do not overlap) and can be used in a GIS system for analysis. The Mineral Resource dataset has been developed at 1:50 000 scales and must not be used at larger scales. Digital map data should therefore be used at about the same scale as their original compilation; for example 1:50 000 scale data should not normally be blown up and used at 1:10 000 scales. Most geological maps were originally fitted to a particular topographic base and care must be taken in interpretation, for example when the geological data are draped over a more recent topography. All spatial searches against the data should be done with a minimum 50 m buffer. Mineral resources defined in the data delineate areas within which potentially workable minerals may occur.
Distribution Information
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Geographic Information Systems
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Digital Map
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Paper Map
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Geographic Information Systems
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- Resource Locator
- http://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/planning/resource.html
- Resource Locator
- Mineral resource maps in Northern Ireland Homepage
- Resource Locator
- http://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/planning/resource.html
- Resource Locator
- Mineral resource maps in Northern Ireland Homepage
- Quality Scope
- dataset
- Other
- dataset
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2011
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Degree
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
- See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
- Degree
- Statement
- Mineral resource were defined within the GIS, using digital geological line work at 1:50 000 scale (the BGS\GSNI DiGMapNI 1: 50k dataset for Northern Ireland from 01.08.2011). For areas with no available 1:50 000 scale geological mapping, 1:250 000 scale data was used (areas of Tyrone, Down and Armagh). Data processing steps: [1] A list and map of the geological lithologies for each of the six counties were supplied to the Economic Geologist for interpretation of which bedrock and superficial geological formations might now, or in the foreseeable future, be of economic value. As many sources of information as possible were consulted when considering which geological units constitute a mineral resource, ranging from historical publications to consultation with geologists with specialist knowledge of the local area. The majority of decisions were based on existing publications such as memoirs, the ‘BritPits’ mines and quarries database and advice from both BGs and GSNI geologists with area-specific knowledge. After all relevant sources of information had been consulted, the lithologies identified in the DiGMap dataset were assigned to the relevant mineral resource classification, for example the Armagh limestone (ARMA-LMST) = Limestone Carboniferous resource. Once the lithologies from DiGMAp were attributed with resource information and separated out into resource data layers. Geological lines such as faults removed and the final dataset created. All internal lines between different lithologies e.g. Armagh limestone (ARMA-LMST) and Dartry limestone (DARL-LMST) are retained and an attribute added to indicate that they fall into the carboniferous limestone categories. [2] Interpretations are then extracted from the derived from DiGMapNI-50 and DigMapNI-250 versions available at 01.08.2011 and given a mineral resource attribute and colour. Editing was carried out to resolve the mismatching sheet boundaries and gaps in the data. [3] The data was re-supplied to the Economic Geologist for correction. Small areas of resources were deleted when considered to be uneconomic/unworkable. [4] Dataset preparation and cleaning was carried out by GIS specialist. [5] Data produced was merged together to produce national dataset based on resource commodity. [6] Mineral commodity and name attributes are correctly assigned using the legend supplied by Economic Geologist. [7] Polygons dissolved based on name attribute, removing all county boundaries. [8] Remove sliver polygons (created as a result of geological sheet boundaries) where possible and re-dissolve. [9] Multipart to single part operation conducted on each dataset. [10] Redundant attributes removed. [11] Repair geometry operation to clean the dataset. [12] Economic Geologist approves final resource dataset.
Metadata
- File identifier
- c9052556-116d-5bcc-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Resource type
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2024-09-05
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth
,
NOTTINGHAM
,
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
,
NG12 5GG
,
United Kingdom
+44 115 936 3100