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Boreholes provide vital information on the characteristics and properties of the ground beneath our feet. The information helps us determine the nature of the ground and can help identify any visible or potential hazards.
Materials extracted from beneath the ground supply everything we need to sustain our life as we know it. From the fuels we use to run our cars, to the numerous minerals that are in your mobile phone, to the minerals and water in the food and drink we rely on. These materials include rocks, minerals and fluids (eg water) or gas contained in rocks. Data from boreholes and geological reports are vital for finding out where these materials are located and if they are suitable for extraction. eg water, coal, oil, sand, gravel gypsum etc. The data also helps to monitor the availability of the resource eg water. Rock properties and structures such as faults impact how water and/or pollutants move below the surface. Drinking water can be protected by locating potential polluting operations, such as landfills, away from groundwater.
Geothermal energy is the energy stored in the form of heat beneath the surface of the earth. It can be used to supply heat and hot water. It can also be used to cool a house by removing surplus heat energy and putting it into the ground. Boreholes, along with bedrock, subsoil and aquifer maps are used to help decide if the ground under a site is suitable for geothermal energy extraction.
Engineers need this information when they are designing structures (houses, buildings, roads, etc.). They need to know the quality of the ground (strength and depth of soil, if rock and or groundwater is present) and how structures can be built in and on it. They use the information to decide the best supports and foundations needed for structures so that they don’t collapse. They can also find out if there are any underground obstructions, groundwater, faults etc. which could result in additional costs or delays. |
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Boreholes provide vital information on the characteristics and properties of the ground beneath our feet. The information helps us determine the nature of the ground and can help identify any visible or potential hazards.
Materials extracted from beneath the ground supply everything we need to sustain our life as we know it. From the fuels we use to run our cars, to the numerous minerals that are in your mobile phone, to the minerals and water in the food and drink we rely on. These materials include rocks, minerals and fluids (eg water) or gas contained in rocks. Data from boreholes and geological reports are vital for finding out where these materials are located and if they are suitable for extraction. eg water, coal, oil, sand, gravel gypsum etc. The data also helps to monitor the availability of the resource eg water. Rock properties and structures such as faults impact how water and/or pollutants move below the surface. Drinking water can be protected by locating potential polluting operations, such as landfills, away from groundwater.
Geothermal energy is the energy stored in the form of heat beneath the surface of the earth. It can be used to supply heat and hot water. It can also be used to cool a house by removing surplus heat energy and putting it into the ground. Boreholes, along with bedrock, subsoil and aquifer maps are used to help decide if the ground under a site is suitable for geothermal energy extraction.
Engineers need this information when they are designing structures (houses, buildings, roads, etc.). They need to know the quality of the ground (strength and depth of soil, if rock and or groundwater is present) and how structures can be built in and on it. They use the information to decide the best supports and foundations needed for structures so that they don’t collapse. They can also find out if there are any underground obstructions, groundwater, faults etc. which could result in additional costs or delays. |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>A borehole is any hole drilled or dug into the ground. The hole is usually deep, narrow and round. The material (soil and or rock) from the hole is collected and tested in a laboratory to find out the structure and type of the soil and or rock beneath the ground. A borehole record or log is a written description of the material that comes out of the ground as a result of drilling a borehole. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Bedrock boreholes are usually deep (can reach up to 1000m). We drill boreholes to improve and update our bedrock, quaternary sediments and groundwater maps. We store the samples (core) and these are available to view by appointment. We</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>’</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>re in the process of scanning all the core and the images will be available online when completed. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>This map shows the location of the bedrock boreholes drilled in Ireland by the GSI or submitted to the GSI from mineral exploration companies.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The accuracy of the coordinates vary and have not been checked. The dataset is gradually being checked as part of the Bedrock Geology 1:50,000 scale mapping. A new verified dataset has been created - Bedrock Boreholes (Verified) 1:50,000 Ireland (ROI) ITM. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>This Bedrock boreholes map is to the scale 1:100,000. This means it should be viewed at that scale. When printed at that scale 1cm on the map relates to a distance of 1000m.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>It is a vector dataset. Vector data portray the world using points, lines, and polygons (areas).</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN>The borehole data is shown as points. Each point holds information on the location of the borehole (X and Y coordinates), Borehole ID (borehole identifier), the length of the hole (metres), the angle the hole was drilled, azimuth (direction the hole was drilled), comments, county, company details, year drilled and prospecting licence number (PL).</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN><SPAN>Data that is produced directly by the Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) is free for use under the conditions of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN /><SPAN /><A href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</SPAN></SPAN></A></P><P><SPAN /><A href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode</SPAN></SPAN></A></P><P><SPAN><SPAN>Under the CC-BY Licence, users must acknowledge the source of the Information in their product or application.</SPAN><SPAN>Please use this specific attribution statement: "</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence</SPAN><SPAN>.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN><SPAN>In cases where it is not practical to use the statement users may include a URI or hyperlink to a resource that contains the required attribution statement.</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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