Reference System

MD_ReferenceSystem:

referenceSystemIdentifier:

RS_Identifier:

code:

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258

code:

2D geodetic in ETRS89 on GRS80 (Latitude, Longitude) / ETRS89-GRS80

Identification

Service Identification:

citation:

Citation:

Title:

BGS INSPIRE Minerals (OGC WFS)

Alternate Title:

m4eu-v2025

Date:

CI_Date:

date:

2026-02-19

Date Type:

revision

CI_Date:

date:

2015-02-16

Date Type:

creation

Identifier:

RS_Identifier:

code:

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608408

Abstract:

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

Point of Contact:

Responsible Party:

Individual Name:

Enquiries

Organisation Name:

British Geological Survey

Contact Info:

CI_Contact:

phone:

CI_Telephone:

voice:

0115 936 3143

facsimile:

0115 936 3276

Address:

Delivery Point:

Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth

city:

NOTTINGHAM

administrative Area:

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Postal Code:

NG12 5GG

country:

United Kingdom

e-mail:

[email protected]

role:

distributor

Responsible Party:

Individual Name:

Enquiries

Organisation Name:

British Geological Survey

Contact Info:

CI_Contact:

phone:

CI_Telephone:

voice:

0115 936 3143

facsimile:

0115 936 3276

Address:

Delivery Point:

Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth

city:

NOTTINGHAM

administrative Area:

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Postal Code:

NG12 5GG

country:

United Kingdom

e-mail:

[email protected]

role:

pointOfContact

Resource Maintenance:

MD_MaintenanceInformation:

maint. / update frequency:

asNeeded

Graphic overview:

Browse Graphic:

File Name:

https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/3414bb57-47fb-c7d8-e063-3050940ac2b6.png

Descriptive Keywords:

Keywords:

keyword:

http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/theme/mr/

keyword:

Mineral Resources

Thesaurus Name:

Citation:

Title:

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Date:

CI_Date:

date:

2008-06-01

Date Type:

publication

Keywords:

keyword:

Mineral occurrence

keyword:

Minerals

Thesaurus Name:

Citation:

Title:

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

Date:

CI_Date:

date:

2022

Date Type:

revision

Keywords:

keyword:

https://data.geoscience.earth/ncl/project/_48

keyword:

EGDI

keyword:

data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE)

keyword:

http://www.data.gov.uk

Type:

dataCentre

Keywords:

keyword:

http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/SpatialDataServiceCategory/infoManagementService

keyword:

200-Geographic model/information management service

Thesaurus Name:

Citation:

Title:

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata, Part D 4, Classification of Spatial Data Services

Date:

CI_Date:

date:

2008-12-03

Date Type:

publication

Keywords:

keyword:

NERC_DDC

Resource Constraints:

MD_LegalConstraints:

Access Constraints:

otherRestrictions

Other Constraints:

licenceOGL

Other Constraints:

Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"

Other Constraints:

http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/noLimitations

MD_LegalConstraints:

Use Constraints:

otherRestrictions

Other Constraints:

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.

Other Constraints:

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.

Service Type:

download

extent:

Extent:

Geographic Element:

Geographic Bounding Box:

westBoundLongitude:

-13.9900

eastBoundLongitude:

37.5600

southBoundLatitude:

28.6200

northBoundLatitude:

61.0200

Geographic Description:

Geographic Identifier:

RS_Identifier:

authority:

Citation:

Title:

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus

Date:

CI_Date:

date:

1979

code:

EUROPE [id=121000]

Temporal Element:

CouplingType:

tight

Contains Operations:

Operates On:

href:

https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw?SERVICE=CSW&REQUEST=GetRecordById&ELEMENTSETNAME=full&OUTPUTSCHEMA=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd&ID=4ab60da3-cd62-e571-e063-3050940ac410&version=2.0.2&

uuidref:

4ab60da3-cd62-e571-e063-3050940ac410

title:

EURARE ~ REE occurrences and deposits in Europe Layer

href:

uuidref:

4af3bb6d-9431-eadf-e063-3050940ae7d6

title:

Minerals4EU ~ UK mineral resources Layer

Distribution

Distribution:

Distribution Format:

Format:

Format Name:

GML

version:

3.2.1

Format:

Format Name:

GML

version:

3.2

Distributor:

Distributor Contact:

Responsible Party:

Individual Name:

Enquiries

Organisation Name:

British Geological Survey

Contact Info:

CI_Contact:

phone:

CI_Telephone:

voice:

0115 936 3143

facsimile:

0115 936 3276

Address:

Delivery Point:

Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth

city:

NOTTINGHAM

administrative Area:

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Postal Code:

NG12 5GG

country:

United Kingdom

e-mail:

[email protected]

role:

distributor

Transfer Options:

Digital Transfer Options:

onLine:

CI_OnlineResource:

linkage:

https://ogcdev.bgs.ac.uk/m4eu-v2025/services?service=WFS&request=GetCapabilities

protocol:

OGC:WFS-2.0.0-http-get-capabilities

name:

BGS EN MINERALS

description:

Complex Feature OGC WFS for feature types relating to Mineral Occurrences in Europe; data comes from multiple sources

function:

download

Data Quality

Data Quality:

Scope:

DQ_Scope:

level:

service

Level Description:

MD_ScopeDescription:

other:

service

Report:

Domain Consistency:

Result:

Conformance Result:

specification:

Citation:

Title:

INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Mineral Resources

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

publication

date:

2011

explanation:

See the referenced specification

pass:

Domain Consistency:

Result:

Conformance Result:

specification:

Citation:

Title:

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

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

publication

date:

2010-12-08

explanation:

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

pass:

Domain Consistency:

Result:

Conformance Result:

specification:

Citation:

Title:

Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE View Services Version 3.0

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

publication

date:

2011-03-21

explanation:

See the referenced specification at http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/Network_Services/TechnicalGuidance_ViewServices_v3.0.pdf

pass:

Lineage:

LI_Lineage:

statement:

For lineage of datasets served by this service please refer to the metadata for those data

Metadata

File Identifier:

3414bb57-47fb-c7d8-e063-3050940ac2b6

language:

eng

Resource type:

service

Hierarchy Level Name:

service

Metadata Contact:

Responsible Party:

Organisation Name:

British Geological Survey

Contact Info:

CI_Contact:

phone:

CI_Telephone:

voice:

+44 115 936 3100

Address:

Delivery Point:

Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth

city:

NOTTINGHAM

administrative Area:

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Postal Code:

NG12 5GG

country:

United Kingdom

e-mail:

[email protected]

role:

pointOfContact

Date Stamp:

2026-03-02

Metadata Standard Name:

http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/M25/current/GEMINI/

Metadata Standard Name:

UK GEMINI

Metadata Standard Version:

2.3

Dataset URI:

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608408