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Prime geological data - deep mine coal

Prime Geological Data resulting from deep underground coal exploration and exploitation produced by the British Coal Board and/or its precursors. The collection dates back to the 18th century and...

Index to deep mine data

High level index to the contents of the boxes of Primary Geological Data resulting from deep underground coal exploration and exploitation in Great Britain donated by the Coal Authority in July...

Scanned images of deep mine data

Scanned images of primary Geological Data resulting from deep underground coal exploration and exploitation. Collection of data includes reports, interpretations and records of research in British...

Abandoned Mines Catalogue

The Abandoned Mines Catalogue is used as a search tool to determine the relevant abandonment plans to a given search criteria, identifying the spatial location and coverage of abandoned mine plans....

Mine plans

The Mining Remediation Authority's collection of more than 120,000 coal mine plans, dating as far back as the 17th century. These cover surface mining, also known as opencast, and deep mining...

Mines

Mine information.

Mining Remediation Authority abandoned coal mine plans collection

The dataset comprises of the plans of abandoned coal mines in Great Britain deposited with the Mining Remediation Authority (MRA) and held on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive in line with...

Mine water and mine subsidence

Reports detailing investigations into mine water discharges and potential effects on aquifers in the East Midlands Coalfield and in the Lake District.

Coal Mining Licence Areas

Upon privatisation of the coal industry in 1994 the Coal Authority was set up to take over a number of British Coal’s responsibilities; however these did not include the physical extraction of...

Coal Mine Entry

The Coal Authority has records of over 175,000 mine entries within the UK captured in the National Coal Mining database, derived from sources including abandonment plans, geological and...

TEST DUPLICATE Mine Entry

The Coal Authority has records of over 170,000 mine entries within the UK captured in the National Coal Mining Database from a variety of sources including abandonment plans, geological and...

Coal Mine Entry

The Coal Authority has records of over 175,000 mine entries within the UK captured in the National Coal Mining database, derived from sources including abandonment plans, geological and...

Coal Mining Referral Area

Coal Mining Referral area showing areas of high development risk. The Development High Risk Area is the part of the coal mining reporting area which contains one or more recorded coal mining...

Surface Coal Mining

Surface Mining Areas denote an area of coal extracted by surface excavations in the past or are being excavated currently, these sites do not necessarily reflect the extent of the excavation. Coal...

Surface Coal Mining

Surface Mining Areas denote an area of coal extracted by surface excavations in the past or are being excavated currently, these sites do not necessarily reflect the extent of the excavation. Coal...

Forestry England Mine Areas

This dataset shows mine areas within or near the Nations Forests. Mine areas are used to indicate general mining activity and other related constraints. It is not a complete dataset. Attribution...

Coal mining court orders

In parts of the country, the High Court may have issued an order allowing a mine owner or mining operator to work coal where no previous mining lease was in existence. The Court may also have made...

Coal mining legal notices

The coal mining legal notice dataset details each notice issued to allow coal mining operations in areas where no mining lease was in existence, as taken from the information held by the Coal...

Mine Water Treatment Schemes

Extents of individual mine water treatment schemes managed by the Coal Authority. These schemes treat waters that have been affected by past coal mining activities. In November 2024, the Coal...

Depth of Abandoned Mine Workings - Scotland

Water in abandoned mine workings is a potential source of geothermal energy. It can used in space and water heating. The thermal energy that can be obtained tends to increase with depth. Alongside...