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MINES - Site District

Name: MINES - Site District
Creator: Environmental Protection Agency

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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 (10 fields)

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Field	Type	Description
Name	string	Name of the historic mining district.Name of the historic mining district.
Code	string	Short code identifying the mining district.Short code identifying the mining district.
SiteLocationSite location	string	County or area where the mining district is located.County or area where the mining district is located.
X_CentroidX centroid	int	Easting coordinate of the district's centroid.Easting coordinate of the district's centroid.
Y_CentroidY centroid	int	Northing coordinate of the district's centroid.Northing coordinate of the district's centroid.
CommodityProducedCommodity produced	string	Minerals or metals historically produced at the site.Minerals or metals historically produced at the site.
URL	string	Link to a detailed report about the mining district.Link to a detailed report about the mining district.
URLtext	string	Display text for the associated report link.Display text for the associated report link.
Description	string	Text description of the mining district's history and characteristics.Text description of the mining district's history and characteristics.
Shape	geometry	Geometric shape representing the district's spatial extent.Geometric shape representing the district's spatial extent.

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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"
}

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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%2Fjson

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