Industrial Mineral Assessment (IMAU) Report Maps Digital Data
Dataset description
Many mineral resource maps for areas of Great Britain at scales of 1:25000 and 1:50000 have been produced by the British Geological Survey. The maps are intended to be used for resource development, strategic planning, land-use planning, the indication of hazard in mined areas, environment assessment and as a teaching aid. The data was originally published in printed map form.
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
ESRI shape Derived Georeferenced Raster TIF of original map All Raster PDF of original map All |
| Storage format | Digital:ESRI Files Digital:Georectified Scanned Image Digital:Other than Excel etc |
| 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 |
| 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 | ECONOMIC GEOLOGY
LAND USE PLANNING 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 | 13th January 2010 |
| 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 |
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| S 49.77 | 1.78 E |
