BGS INSPIRE Minerals (OGC WFS)
OGC Web Feature Service (WFS) to provide minerals information for download as part of the EURARE, Minerals4EU and follow-on (e.g. GeoERA, GSEU) projects, and incorporated into the EGDI portal. The service provides complex features conforming to an extended INSPIRE minerals data model. Minerals4EU data have namespace GB.BGS.M4EU and EURARE data have namespace GB.BGS.EURARE. Service is using the MIN4EU v2025.1.05 data model
service
BGS EN MINERALS
- Complex Feature OGC WFS for feature types relating to Mineral Occurrences in Europe; data comes from multiple sources
:
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608408
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0:
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences:
ISO 19119:
Mineral occurrence
Minerals
Free:
NERC_DDC
-13.9900,
28.6200,
37.5600,
61.0200
EUROPE [id=121000]
revision: 2026-02-19, creation: 2015-02-16
British Geological Survey
Enquiries
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth,
NOTTINGHAM,
NG12 5GG,
United Kingdom
tel: 0115 936 3143
email:
[email protected]
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British Geological Survey
Enquiries
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth,
NOTTINGHAM,
NG12 5GG,
United Kingdom
tel: 0115 936 3143
email:
[email protected]
Role: point of contact
Data Quality
INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Mineral Resources
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE View Services Version 3.0
Constraints
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There are no restrictions on the use that may be made of the dataset, although an appropriate copyright acknowledgement must be made when any part of the dataset is reproduced. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely available without any use constraints - inclusion of any third party data / information will affect the copyright acknowledgement that needs to be made.
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British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth,
NOTTINGHAM,
NG12 5GG,
United Kingdom
tel: +44 115 936 3100
email:
[email protected]
Role: point of contact
2026-03-02