Near-surface raw materials

Near-surface mineral raw materials of Saxony-Anhalt contain the current state of geological knowledge throughout the country — all land on which currently economically viable mineral resources are present or can be expected from the point of view of deposits; — about the nature of the raw material and the degree of exploration of potential areas. It documents in a clear form the current knowledge of the country’s likely or presumably worthy of construction raw materials and provides an indispensable prerequisite for the extraction and securing of raw materials. The data set is based on knowledge of the nature of the soil treasure, its formation and distribution and shows the potential of near-surface mineral raw materials. In addition, the data set integrates mining authorisations with the potentially degradable raw materials as well as the resulting current mining sites. Factual information and its description are provided in the geodata under mining authorisations Saxony-Anhalt.