Dimension stone: Production and mining sites

This dataset shows the extraction and production sites of dimension stone in Switzerland (in operation or decommissioned). Sculpted or sawn, these dimension stones are mainly used as construction elements but also in handicrafts. Pour des informations plus détaillées concernant les activités minières, prière de contacter les autorités cantonales respectives. Cette carte est mise à jour périodiquement et ne prétend pas être exhaustive.

Simple

Alternate title

Dimension stone

Date (Creation)
2018-01-16T00:00:00
Identifier
ch.swisstopo.geologie-rohstoffe-naturwerksteine_abbau

Status
On going

Owner

Federal Office of Topography swisstopo - Swiss Geological Survey
Seftigenstrasse 264
Wabern
3084
CH
https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/swiss-geological-survey

Owner

Georesources Switzerland Group
Sonneggstrasse 5
Zürich
8092
CH
https://georessourcen.ethz.ch
Spatial representation type
Vector
Topic category
  • F Geoscientific information
  • Q Utilities communication
  • T Economy
  • L Environment

Extent

Extent

Description

Switzerland

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Maintenance and update frequency
Periodic
GEMET

  • land management and planning

  • mineral resource

  • quarry

  • extractive industry

  • mining

  • geology

  • building materials industry

  • resources

  • natural stone

  • raw material securing

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

  • Mineral resources

  • Production and industrial facilities

geocat.ch

  • operation

  • structure plan

  • land use planning

  • raw material extraction

  • lithology

  • well-consolidated rock

  • spatial development

  • mine

  • FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure

  • confederation

  • opendata.swiss

Resource constraints

Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Opendata BY: Open use. Must provide the source.
Language
Deutsch
Character encoding
UTF8
Subtopic Category
F1 Geology
Subtopic Category
E1 Spatial Planning, Spatial Development
Distribution format

  • GeoJSON (GEOJSON)

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

Vorschau map.geo.admin.ch

Preview map.geo.admin.ch

OnLine resource

rawmaterials.swissgeol.ch

OnLine resource

ch.swisstopo.geologie-rohstoffe-naturwerksteine_abbau

WMS-FSDI service, layer "Dimension stone"

OnLine resource

ch.swisstopo.geologie-rohstoffe-naturwerksteine_abbau

WMTS-FSDI service, layer "Dimension stone"

OnLine resource

Rohstoffinformationssystem (RIS)

OnLine resource

Download

OnLine resource

RESTful API von geo.admin.ch

RESTful API from geo.admin.ch

OnLine resource

materialarchiv.ch

Identifier

Code
EPSG:2056
Description

CH1903+ / LV95 (EPSG:2056)

Metadata

Metadata identifier
0b22a108-693c-4b6e-9e43-7614eb0e0bc3

Language
Deutsch
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Français
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Italiano
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Rumantsch
Character encoding
UTF8

Owner

Federal Office of Topography swisstopo - Swiss Geological Survey
Seftigenstrasse 264
Wabern
3084
CH
https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/swiss-geological-survey

Owner

Georesources Switzerland Group
Sonneggstrasse 5
Zürich
8092
CH
https://georessourcen.ethz.ch

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage

https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/records/0b22a108-693c-4b6e-9e43-7614eb0e0bc3

Date info (Revision)
2026-08-13T06:04:38.391989Z
Date info (Creation)
2017-10-16T15:53:59Z

Metadata standard

Title

eCH-0271

 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

Keywords

GEMET

building materials industry extractive industry geology land management and planning mineral resource mining natural stone quarry raw material securing resources
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Geology Mineral resources Production and industrial facilities
geocat.ch

FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure confederation land use planning lithology mine opendata.swiss operation raw material extraction spatial development structure plan well-consolidated rock


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