MINES - Site District
This dataset provides the general locations of historic mining districts across Ireland, identifying areas where past mining activity took place. It is published by the Environmental Protection Agency and made available through the national open data portal, data.gov.ie. The dataset offers a nationwide geographic overview of former mining site districts, useful for environmental assessment, land-use planning, and understanding the legacy footprint of mining operations across the country.The general location of the historic mining districts in Ireland.
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Data schema (26 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | string | — |
| Code | string | — |
| SiteLocationSite location | string | — |
| X_CentroidX centroid | int | — |
| Y_CentroidY centroid | int | — |
| CommodityProducedCommodity produced | string | — |
| URL | string | — |
| URLtext | string | — |
| Description | string | — |
| Shape | geometry | — |
| Location | string | — |
| Status | string | — |
| FeatureTypeFeature type | string | — |
| Source | string | — |
| Details | string | — |
| Feature | string | — |
| FieldVisitField visit | string | — |
| AreaHaArea ha | decimal | — |
| CentroidYCentroid y | int | — |
| CentroidXCentroid x | int | — |
| Category | string | — |
| NAME | string | — |
| FEATTYPE | string | — |
| SOURCE | string | — |
| DETAILS | string | — |
| CATEGORY | string | — |
Schema captured from wfs 26 days ago.
Query the data
Pick columns and a sort, then fetch a live preview straight from the source. Choose an API-filterable column (marked ▾) under “Where” to pick from its list of values.
Sample data (3 records)
Record 1URL: No report available · Code: MON
{
"URL": "No report available",
"Code": "MON",
"Name": "Monaghan Pb",
"URLtext": "Link to More Information",
"X_Centroid": 279389,
"Y_Centroid": 323403,
"Description": "The Monaghan lead mines are made up of three neighbouring mine sites. They are Clontibret, Tassan and Cornalough (Hope) mine.",
"SiteLocation": "Monaghan",
"CommodityProduced": "Pb(Zn-Ba-Ag),Sb"
}Record 2URL: http://gis.epa.ie/Data/Mines/Reports/Sit · Code: RED
{
"URL": "http://gis.epa.ie/Data/Mines/Reports/Site Reports/Sites Scored.pdf",
"Code": "RED",
"Name": "Redhills",
"URLtext": "Link to More Information",
"X_Centroid": 243068,
"Y_Centroid": 317613,
"Description": "No information.",
"SiteLocation": "Cavan",
"CommodityProduced": "Fe"
}Record 3URL: http://gis.epa.ie/Data/Mines/Reports/Sit · Code: CC
{
"URL": "http://gis.epa.ie/Data/Mines/Reports/Site Reports/5.13 Connacht Coalfield.pdf",
"Code": "CC",
"Name": "Connacht Coalfield",
"URLtext": "Link to More Information",
"X_Centroid": 195936,
"Y_Centroid": 316693,
"Description": "No information.",
"SiteLocation": "Roscommon",
"CommodityProduced": "Coal"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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Using the API
Query examples
curl -s 'http://gis.epa.ie/geoserver/EPA/ows?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetCapabilities' -H 'Accept: application/json'List the feature types (layers) and supported operations.
Dataset
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Distributions (1)
EPA:MINES_SiteLocation (GeoJSON)
http://gis.epa.ie/geoserver/EPA/ows?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeNames=EPA%3AMINES_SiteLocation&count=10000&outputFormat=application%2FjsonSource: wfs
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