This database compiles information related to mining related areas in Germany, focusing on past, present, and future activities. The key objective is to assess the potential for carbon-rich product storage. Data sources include geological and mining authorities from federal states, as well as (public) resources like Web Map Server (WMS) files and official reports. Due to the project's German context, the database uses original German terms and regulations, with key details translated into English. As the database was created as an .xlsx and contained themed spreadsheets, the database has been split into two files based on their main spreadsheets which are divided into surface and subsurface storage in format .txt. Some of the data were omitted, such as owners of mining areas and similar data that could be relevant under data protection law. In addition, .shp files are not offered in the repository for now because of their size. Data Structure The database is organized based on several key attributes: Type of Mining: Whether the mining is open-cast (surface) or underground mining. Status of activities: past, present and potential future activities as well as post-utilisation. Raw Material Types: Categorization of extracted resources, their class and group including hydrocarbons, coal, ores, granite, etc. Data Sources and Formats The primary data comes from the respective federal state authorities, with most of the data provided in either WMS files or shape files. WMS-files have been digitized and supplemented using ArcGISPro, using the WGS 1984 coordinate system. Supplementary data comes (see below) from annual mining reports, additional resources and public services where available. Data Availability by Federal State: Baden-Württemberg Data Type: WMS Information: Freiburg Regional Council, State Office for Geology, Raw Materials, and Mining (LGRB-BW), RISBinBW Bavaria Data Type: Shape files Information: Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy Berlin Data Type: WMS Information: INSPIRE ST AM Brandenburg Data Type: WMS Information: Brandenburg State Office for Mining, Geology, and Raw Materials (LBGR), INSPIRE ST AM Bremen Data Type: Shape files Information: NIBIS® KartServer, Lower Saxony Soil Information System Hamburg Data Type: Shape files Information: NIBIS® KartServer, Soil Information System of Lower Saxony Hesse Data Type: Shape files Information: Hessian State Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment, and Geology Lower Saxony Data Type: Shape files Information: NIBIS® KartServer, Soil Information System of Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Data Type: Not available Information: No data available North Rhine-Westphalia Data Type: Shape files Information: Arnsberg District Government, Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Rhineland-Palatinate Data Type: WMS Information: INSPIRE ST AM, Pumice Quarrying Act data Saarland Data Type: Not available Information: No data available Saxony Data Type: WMS Information: State-Owned Enterprise Geobasis Information and Surveying Saxony (GeoSN), INSPIRE SN, Fossil Fuels Geoportal Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Data Type: WMS Information: Geoportal Data Service Saxony-Anhalt, State Office for Geology and Mining Saxony-Anhalt (LAGB), INSPIRE Geodata Portal Schleswig-Holstein Data Type: Not available Information: No data available Thuringia Data Type: Shape files Information: Thuringian State Office for the Environment, Mining and Nature Conservation (TLUBN) The database categorizes data into surface and subsurface mining, and further separates information based on the status of mining operations: Active Raw Material Production (RMP): Current mining operations. Former RMP: Previously active but now inactive or closed mines. Potential RMP: Sites identified as having mining potential, but without active operations. Unknown: Sites with insufficient or missing data. Raw material types are also categorized, including: Solid rocks (alterable/non-alterable) Loose rocks (cohesive/non-cohesive) Organic raw materials (coal) Metal ores Hydrocarbons (oil, gas) ARCGISPRO Project All geospatial data was transformed into the WGS 1984 coordinate system for consistency across the ArcGISPro project. To load a GIS-Project for visualization, load .csv table in your project using same coordinate system and. Users of this database can continue to build on this framework, incorporating additional data from federal and regional sources as it becomes available. The structure allows for ongoing updates, particularly with the potential for new mining projects and their suitability for carbon storage. Contact For more details or questions about the data, please use contact-adress of the authors or refer to the geological and mining authorities of the respective federal states. Additional resources for division of Surface/Subsurface areas: Barbara Rohstoff Betriebe Website: https://barbara-rohstoffbetriebe.de/bergwerke/ https://www.gross-doebbern.de/seite/611036/braunkohle.html https://www.bvvg.de/objekte/bergwerkseigentum-koschendorf-nord-kiese-und-kiessande/ https://www.leag.de/de/geschaeftsfelder/bergbau/tagebau-jaenschwalde/ https://lbgr.brandenburg.de/sixcms/media.php/9/Braunkohlenstudie_Mai2007.pdf https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grube_Peine Otto Bilges et al.: Die Lichter sind erloschen – Über den historischen Bergbau im Landkreis Peine. Doris Bode, Haltern 1987, ISBN 3-925094-07-5. https://www.helmstedterrevier.de/wiedernutzbarmachung/tagebau-schoeningen/ http://www.heimatverein-borgloh.de/historie/historie_bergbau_nach18.php https://agreement-berlin.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/doku-16_Nochten_Reichwalde.pdf https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/54X4UKUQU6I3BKTJ3HHLHT6ABJBUF5QW https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC94AXZ_der-steingarten-an-der-talsperre https://www.rpv-oberlausitz-niederschlesien.de/braunkohlenplanung/sanierungsrahmenplanung/tagebau-berzdorf.html https://www.buergerbeteiligung.sachsen.de/portal/oba/beteiligung/themen/1027824 https://so-lebt-dresden.de/sporbitz-idyllischer-stadtteil-mit-kiesgrube/ https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/Deutschland/Sachsen/S%C3%A4chsische%20Schweiz-Osterzgebirge%2C%20Landkreis/Tharandt https://www.kieswerk-ottendorf.de/ https://www.saechsische.de/kiesgrube-fuer-jedermann-3979154.html https://kieswerk-loebnitz.de/produktuebersicht https://agreement-berlin.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/doku-13_Delitzsch_Breitenfeld.pdf http://www.geo-archiv.de/objekt/flussspat_grube_%22patriot%22_bei_schoenbrunn_i.v./397.html https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagebau_Espenhain https://www.wismut.de/de/nl-aue_projekte.php?id=114&back=nl-aue_projekte.php%3Fyear%3D2009%26index%3D0 https://www.bvvg.de/objekte/bergwerkseigentum-kerkwitz-nord-west-tonrohstoffe/ https://enertek-anlagenbau.de/niemegk/ https://brandenburg.nabu.de/umwelt-und-ressourcen/23585.html https://www.bvvg.de/objekte/bergwerkseigentum-nennhausen-tonrohstoffe/ https://www.bvvg.de/objekte/bergwerkseigentum-badingen-boesenhagen-tonrohstoffe-2/ https://www.rbb24.de/studiocottbus/wirtschaft/2022/08/kies-abbau-muehlberg-streit-erweiterungen.html https://bergerholding.eu/de/deutschland/sparten/berger-rohstoffe/kieswerke/kontakt-und-standorte https://www.bvvg.de/objekte/bergwerkseigentum-hosena-koschenberg-quarzsande/ http://www.vetschau.de/cms/upload/Downloads/Dokumente/Oeffentlichkeit/Bebauunglsplan_Windenergie/2016-09-05_FNPwind_VE_01.8_LBGR_liste_bergbauberechtigungen.pdf https://entsorgung.m-alteno.de/#standort https://lbgr.brandenburg.de/lbgr/de/planfeststellungstrategie/planfeststellung-energie/planfeststellungsverfahren/kiessantagebau-schiebsdorf-iiii/