Mineral and Bedrock occurrences
Mineral- and Bedrock occurrences contains point data with information on Sweden's mineral and rock occurrences, as well as subordinately also occurrences of natural gas and oil. The data includes everything from small occurrences such as mineralized outcrops to abandoned and active mines or quarries as well as mineral deposits known through core drilling.
Mineral and Bedrock occurrences
Swedish Mineral- and Bedrock occurrences is a nationwide product. There is currently information on approximately 20,000 occurrences. The data includes everything from small occurrences such as mineralized outcrops to abandoned and active mines or quarries as well as mineral deposits known through core drilling. For all occurrences there is information on name, location, location accuracy, economic status, and which metal, mineral or rock type is of interest at the location, as well as literature references to the information. For a large part of the occurrences, there is also information on the size of the mine hole, host rock, mineral composition, and age of formation.
See also SGU's product Ores and concentrators for information on ore production at mines/mining areas, as well as information on reported reserves and resources at Swedish deposits.
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Landing page for OGC API – Features
The link provides documentation in HTML or JSON format for direct access to vector data via OGC API - Features. Main data download format is GeoJSON.
Mineral and Bedrock occurrences as Web Map Service
Mineral and Bedrock occurrences is also available as a Web Map Service (WMS). The Web Map Services are aimed at those of you who want to use our information in your own systems or applications. The services are set up in WMS (Web Map Service) format.
https://resource.sgu.se/service/wms/130/mineralresurser
Last reviewed 2025-01-22