GSNI Data Catalogue
Abandoned Mines Screening Layer for Planning and Developments in Northern Ireland
The exploitation of natural resources by underground mining commenced in Northern Ireland about 300 years ago and has in some areas left a legacy of surface instability above disused workings for coal, salt and other minerals. The existence of abandoned mine workings is a significant consideration in relation to planning and environmental protection.
Abandoned mines, comprising trial pits, shafts, adits, and underground workings, occur across Northern Ireland. The responsibility for these Abandoned Mines rests with the Department for the Economy (DfE). The Geological Survey of Northern Ireland monitor these workings for the DfE.
The Abandoned Mines Database contains over 2000 trial pits, shafts, adits, and collapses. These, along with mine plans showing the extent of the underground workings, have been used to create this layer that identifies areas where the GSNI and DfE should be consulted for Planning Applications.
This layer is made available to the Northern Ireland Planning Portals, local councils and developers to assist in the identification of developments and planning applications in areas in close proximity to recorded historical mine workings.
This layer is accompanied by guidance on development in areas of abandoned mines ( https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/gsni/AbandonedMinesGuidance.pdf). This document also contains guidance on the production of a Mine Risk Assessment report and exemptions where a Mine Risk Assessment is not required e.g. minor works to an existing dwelling.
A guidance document for planners on consulting with the GSNI is also available ( https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/gsni/ConsultingGSNI.pdf).
Mine plans that are held by the GSNI/DfE showing the extent of workings can be viewed in the Registered Collection of Mine Plans ( https://gsni-data.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/baae8ba1-2d73-4dff-90fc-f52d426d1701) and many are available to view online using the links provided.
For more information on Abandoned Mines in Northern Ireland see: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/abandoned-mines.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2023-04-25
- Citation identifier
- https://gsni-data.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/resources/1133c7a8-d2b2-4ec7-a1ed-bbf0864e2b37
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Geological Survey of Northern Ireland
Publisher
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Geological Survey of Northern Ireland
Custodian
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Geology
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Planning
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Abandoned Mines
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- INSPIRE: no limitations
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- Available under the Open Government Licence: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ We request that you acknowledge that the resource contains Geological Survey of Northern Ireland materials provided under the Open Government Licence.
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 250000
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Geoscientific information
- Code
- NIR
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- Begin date
- 1694-01-01
- End date
- 2023-04-25
- Unique resource identifier
- EPSG:29902
- Unique resource identifier
- EPSG:4258
- Unique resource identifier
- EPSG:3857
- Distribution format
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Name Version OGC Geopackage
1.2.1
ESRI Geodatabase
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/gsni/AbandonedMinesGuidance.pdf Abandoned Mines Guidance Document
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/gsni/ConsultingGSNI.pdf Consulting GSNI: A Guide for Planners
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https://gsni-data.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/1133c7a8-d2b2-4ec7-a1ed-bbf0864e2b37/attachments/AbandonedMinesScreeningLayer.gpkg AbandonedMinesScreeningLayer.gpkg
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https://gsni-data.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/1133c7a8-d2b2-4ec7-a1ed-bbf0864e2b37/attachments/AbandonedMinesScreeningLayer.gdb.zip AbandonedMinesScreeningLayer.gdb.zip
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Statement
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This dataset has been derived from the point locations of trial pits, shafts, and adits and the polygon extents of underground workings derived from mine plans. The input features have been buffered: 100m for point locations; 20m for digitized polygons e.g. underground workings. These features are then dissolved to create a single polygon that will identify whether the GSNI should be consulted in regard to planning and development.
The attribute table contains:
- the dataset version,
- the date of release,
- the reason consultation is required
- a link to the Abandoned Mine Guidance Document,
- a link to the Consulting GSNI Guidance Document, and
- a link to the metadata in the GSNI Data Portal
Metadata
- File identifier
- 1133c7a8-d2b2-4ec7-a1ed-bbf0864e2b37 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2023-11-08T08:32:41
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Metadata standard version
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1.0
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Geological Survey of Northern Ireland
Point of contact
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