MIN4EU WFS LGRB-BW: harmonized dataset - near-surface mineral raw material occurrences and mining sites - download service for the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany

This Downloadservice contains point locations of near-surface mineral raw material occurrences and mining sites in Baden-Württemberg (BW), which is one of 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. The information is harmonized according to the specifications of the MIN4EU database model as part of the Mintell4EU project.


BW is rich in near-surface mineral raw materials. The most important are 1) Quaternary sands and gravels (Upper Rhine Graben Valley and glacial sediments of Upper Swabia), 2) Paleozoic rocks (mainly metamorphic rocks and granites, minor Permian volcanic rocks) in the Black Forest and the Odenwald, and 3) Middle Triassic (Southwest German scarplands) and Upper Jurassic (Swabian Alb) limestones.


The deep-lying raw materials (various gangue ores, barite, fluorite, uranium ores), which were mined mainly in the Black Forest, are currently of no importance, with the exception of the still ongoing extraction of barite and fluorite in the Clara mine. In the future, some deposits could regain importance as raw material prices rise.


Almost 100 million tons of mostly near-surface mineral raw materials are extracted annually in BW in currently about 500 mining sites (survey year: 2017). The annual raw material consumption is approx. 9 tons/inhabitant. At the beginning of the 2000s, there were still around 630 mining sites. This decline is due to both concentration processes and depletion of deposits. Since the end of the 1980ies the geological, areal and production data of operating mining sites have been collected systematically by LGRB. They are the basis for the periodic raw material report edited by LGRB and for the calculation of the need of mineral raw materials. Manly these pits, beside some important historic mines, are shown in the layer "MIN4EU LGRB-BW: mining sites - harmonized dataset".


Another important task of the LGRB is to advise the regional planning authorities on securing mineral raw material supply. Beside the calculation of the need of mineral raw materials supply for the two planning periods (2 x 15 or 2x 20 years), the knowledge of mineral occurrences of proven or estimated economic value is important. After some preliminary stages, the LGRB is producing the Map of Mineral Resources in Baden-Württemberg 1 : 50,000 (KMR 50) as a basis and planning map for this purpose. On it, the distribution of near-surface mineral raw material prospects and occurrences (mainly) and deposits (subordinate) is shown. This continuously completed and updated map currently covers actually around 60% of the federal state. These occurrences are the topic of the second layer theme "MIN4EU LGRB-BW: near-surface mineral raw material occurrences - harmonized dataset".

INSPIRE

Identification

File identifier
fa6a2c90-c0f3-4062-8dca-635056c0d2ee XML
Hierarchy level
Service
Online resource
Resource identifier
Encoding
Format

GML
Version

3.2.1
Projection
code

EPSG:25832
code

EPSG:31467
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EPSG:4326
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EPSG:3857
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EPSG:4258
 

Classification of data and services

Service Type
download
Coupling Type
Tight

Coupled resource

Coupled resource
 
 

Classification of data and services

Service Type
download
Coupling Type
Tight

Coupled resource

Coupled resource
 
 

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Mineral resources

Liste der Datenkategorien in der GDI-BW für Geodaten

  • inspireidentifiziert

  • GDB GDI-BW

  • opendata

Spatial scope

  • Regional

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata, Part D 4, Classification of Spatial Data Services

  • 201-Feature access service

European Geoscience Registry - Projects

  • Minerals4EU

  • EGDI

  • Mintell4EU

GeoERA Keyword Thesaurus

  • mineral resource

  • mineral deposit

  • mineral occurrence

  • harmonization

Other keywords

Keywords

  • Germany
Keywords

  • Baden-Württemberg
Keywords

  • near-surface mineral raw materials
Keywords

  • operating mining sites
Keywords

  • periodic raw material report
Keywords

  • advise of planning authorities
Keywords

  • map of near-surface mineral resources 1 : 50 000 (KMR 50)
Keywords

  • deposits
Keywords

  • prospects and occurrences
Keywords

  • Mintell4EU
 
 

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Temporal reference

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Temporal extent
Date (Revision)
2025-11-17
 

Quality and validity

Lineage

statewide geological map series 1 : 50 000, Karte der mineralischen Rohstoffe 1 : 50 000 von Baden-Württemberg (KMR 50)
 

Conformity

Conformity
Conformity
 

Conformity

Conformity
Conformity
Explanation

Service was tested with the official EU validator.
 

Restrictions on access and use

Access constraints

no limitations to public access
Access constraints

Data is provided under the Data licence Germany - attribution - version 2.0 - www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0

Source note must be specified as follows: Data source: Regierungspräsidium Freiburg - LGRB, www.lgrb-bw.de
 

Responsible organization (s)

Contact for the resource
Organisation name

Regierungspraesidium Freiburg - Dept. 9 State Authority for Geology, Mineral Resources and Mining, Ref. 96 state raw material geology
Email

abteilung9@rpf.bwl.de

 

Responsible organization (s)

Contact for the resource
Organisation name

Regierungspraesidium Freiburg - Dept. 9 State Authority for Geology, Mineral Resources and Mining, Ref. 96 state raw material geology
Email

abteilung9@rpf.bwl.de

 

Metadata information

Contact for the metadata
Organisation name

Regierungspraesidium Freiburg - Dept. 9 State Authority for Geology, Mineral Resources and Mining, Section 91
Email

abteilung9@rpf.bwl.de

Organisation name

Regierungspraesidium Freiburg - Dept. 9 State Authority for Geology, Mineral Resources and Mining, Section 91
Email

abteilung9@rpf.bwl.de

Date stamp
2025-12-19T08:15:14
Metadata language
English
 
 

SDS

Conformance class 1: invocable

Pass
Yes
Access Point URL
Endpoint URL
Technical specification
Date
Explanation

Service was tested with the official EU validator.
 

Conformance class 2: interoperable

Access constraints

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string

no limitations to public access
 

Use constraints

Limitation
string

Data is provided under the Data licence Germany - attribution - version 2.0 - www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0

Source note must be specified as follows: Data source: Regierungspräsidium Freiburg - LGRB, www.lgrb-bw.de
 

Responsible custodian

Contact for the resource
 
 

Conformance class 3: harmonized

Contains Operations

Operation Name

GetCapabilities
Distributed Computing Platforms
Web services
Connect Point
https://services.lgrb-bw.de/m4eu/services/m4eu?REQUEST=GetCapabilities&SERVICE=WFS&VERSION=2.0.0

Contains Operations

Operation Name

DescribeFeatureType
Distributed Computing Platforms
Web services
Connect Point
https://services.lgrb-bw.de/m4eu/services/m4eu?

Contains Operations

Operation Name

GetFeature
Distributed Computing Platforms
Web services
Connect Point
https://services.lgrb-bw.de/m4eu/services/m4eu?

Contains Operations

Operation Name

GetFeatureById
Distributed Computing Platforms
Web services
Connect Point
https://services.lgrb-bw.de/m4eu/services/m4eu?
 
 

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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Mineral resources

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