Point map displaying ornamental stone reources in Europe

In accordance with the Mining Act (Official Gazette RS, No. 14/14 – official consolidated text and 61/17-GZ), the Geological Survey of Slovenia, in its role of Public Mining Service, supports the ministry responsible for mining (Ministry of Infrastructure) in terms of sustainable mineral management and mineral policy. The Public Mining Service is authorized to maintain a Mining Register and Mining Cadastre on the national level, including a chronology of mining rights granting (“Mining Registry Book” web application and database). All official data, even on production and reserves/resources are recorded for all mining and exploration areas in a country.

This service allows access to the BDMIN database that contains information regarding the exploitations (abandoned, intermittent or active) and occurrences of industrial rocks and minerals. These data have been generated by the IGME throughout numerous projects, from the early 1970s up to now.

The dataset contains information from de database BDMIN regarding the exploitations (abandoned, intermittent or active) and occurrences of industrial rocks and minerals. These data have been generated by the IGME throughout numerous projects, from the early 1970s to the present. The information is structured in different sections: Identification, location, mining domain, mining-I (Technical parameters), mining-II (Socio-economic and commercial parameters), geology and complementary information. The storage format is SQLServer. It is publicly accessible, except for some of the data which are restricted. This information is harmonized according to the specifications of the MIN4EU database model as part of the Mintell4EU project.

MIN4EU DB consists of two parts: Minerals Inventory data and Minerals Yearbook data. Minerals Inventory covers mineral occurrences and mines in Europe (onshore). The European Union has identified security of supply, improving environmental management and resource efficiency as key challenges for the raw materials sector. Data on the location and spatial distribution of primary and secondary raw materials in relation to exploration, exploitation, production and trading activities form the basis for decision-making in government and industry. Given the dynamic nature of such data, regular updates of comprehensive, reliable and harmonized information across borders are required, as there are several sources of non-harmonized data with different coverages developed over the last decades by national and international projects for different purposes. Data have been prepared and collected in the projects Minerals4EU, EURare, ProSUM, ORAMA, RESEERVE and MINTELL4EU, and others and are shared in the European Geological Data Infrastructure (EGDI).

Spatial distribution of mineralisations of tantalum in Europe and respective genetic types.

Spatial distribution of mineralisations of niobium in Europe and respective genetic types.

Spatial distribution of occurrences of Cobalt in Europe and respective genetic types.

Spatial distribution of occurrences of Graphite in Europe and respective genetic types.

Spatial distribution of occurrences of Lithium in Europe and respective genetic types.