UK Mine Shaft and Borehole Water Temperature and Conductivity Profiles

Great Britain's coalfields are monitored by the Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority) using geophysical instruments. The data includes water temperature and electrical conductivity measurements taken at a 1-centimeter resolution within flooded mine shafts and boreholes. It was last updated in April 2026 and is provided under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Model vertical thermal stratification in flooded mines based on high-resolution temperature profiles.
• Identify different water types or inflows within boreholes based on electrical conductivity data.
• Assess the structural condition of monitoring points based on geophysical profile anomalies.
• Support environmental remediation planning by characterizing mine water properties.

Strengths

• Measurements are taken at a high 1-centimeter vertical resolution throughout each shaft or borehole.
• Data is provided by the official UK authority responsible for mining remediation and monitoring.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and total spatial coverage are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority)

Collection Method

Geophysical instrument profiling of shafts and boreholes.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 15:05:40.865706; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Great Britain's coalfields