Identification

Title

Discharges to rivers from abandoned metal mines

Alternative title(s)

Abstract

Information about average flows and water quality for known mine water discharges from abandoned metal mines in England. Adapted and updated from "Prioritisation of abandoned non-coal mine impacts on the environment: The national picture." published by the Environment Agency in 2012 (available from gov.uk). Data are known to be incomplete. Blank values mean less than detection limit or not measured. Data supplied are average values for flows (l/s), pH, metal concentrations (mg/l) and metal flux (kg/yr). Metals/metalloids included: Arsenic (As), Cadmium (Cd), Copper (Cu), Iron (Fe), Manganese (Mn), Nickel (Ni), Lead (Pb), Zinc (Zn). Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2016. All rights reserved.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=0ecef541-414f-40f0-a045-1b953d6fbd1b&fileName=DSTR08399_Discharges_to_Rivers_from_Abandoned_Metal_Mines_2018.xlsx

protocol: http

name: DSTR08399_Discharges_to_Rivers_from_Abandoned_Metal_Mines_2018.xlsx

description: DSTR08399_Discharges_to_Rivers_from_Abandoned_Metal_Mines_2018.xlsx download on Defra Data Services Platform

Unique resource identifier

code

85d99eb4-60b7-4577-89f0-b03af417b349

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

environment

Keyword set

keyword value

heavy metal

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Keyword set

keyword value

freshwater pollution

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.236

East bounding longitude

2.072

North bounding latitude

55.816

South bounding latitude

49.943

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

2099-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2016-06-23

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

The dataset was created from various sources including Environment Agency monitoring and records from universities (e.g. published papers, theses). They are average values recorded. In reality, the flows and metal concentrations in mine water discharges vary on a daily basis.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | Comma Separated Values file (CSV)

version of format

1 (CSV)

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Constraint set

Use constraints

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

web address

https://environment.data.gov.uk/support

description: Defra Data Services Forum

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-01-05

Metadata language