Dataset description

Several coal resource maps for the whole of the UK have been produced by the British Geological Survey as a result of joint work with Department of Trade and Industry and the Coal Authority. The UK Coal Resource for new exploitation technologies map is a map of Britain depicting the spatial extent of the principal coal resources overlayed with existing workings and potential new technologies for accessing the resource. The map also shows the areas where coal and lignite are present at the surface and also where coal is buried at depth beneath younger rocks. The project covers all onshore coalfields in the UK, including Northern Ireland. It includes coal under estuaries and near-shore areas that can practically be reached by land-based directional drilling. No data more than 5 km offshore were considered. The maps are intended to be used for resource development, energy policy, strategic planning, land-use planning, the indication of hazard in mined areas, environment assessment and as a teaching aid. In addition to a summary map at 1:750000 scale for Britain data also exists for each technology of 21 individual regions or coal fields at a scale of 1:100000. The data was published in printed map form for the summary map, inkjet plots for the 42 individual maps and as PDF documents on CD. The maps were accompanied by BGS report CR/04/015N, "UK Coal Resource for New Technologies, Final Report". The work was initiated in April 2002 and completed in October 2003. The data was also simplified for inclusion in the Britain Beneath your Feet atlas 2005.

Constraints

There are no constraints on the access to the dataset and no constraints on the usage.

Further information

For more information please contact:

Enquiries
British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
Nottingham
NG12 5GG

Tel : +44 (0)115 936 3143
Fax :+44 (0)115 936 3276
Email :enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

 

Further details

Dataset details

Language	English
Curator	British Geological Survey
Supply media/format	Hardcopy Map Not applicable
Storage format	Digital:ESRI Files
Frequency of update	not planned
Start of capture	1998
End of capture	Not known
Contact details
Department	Enquiries
Organisation	British Geological Survey
Address	Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
City	Nottingham
County	Nottinghamshire
Country	United Kingdom
Postcode	NG12 5GG
E-mail	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
Telephone	+44 (0)115 936 3143
Fax	+44 (0)115 936 3276
Keywords
Topic category	geoscientificInformation (information pertaining to earth sciences)
Keywords and Keyphrases	COAL COAL RESOURCE MAPS COALBED METHANE MINERAL RESOURCES
Keyword source	BGS Keyphrases
Spatial details
Spatial Reference System	OSGB 1936 / British National Grid [27700]
Dataset extent
Coverage (Lat/Long)	North boundary : 60.86 East boundary  : 1.78 South boundary : 49.77 West boundary  : -8.65
Metadata
Metadata language	English
Metadata last updated	7th September 2012
Metadata standard	ISO standard 19115:2003
Copyright and IPR
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.

W -8.65	60.86 N
S 49.77	1.78 E