Under the 2012 Act, a separate legal tenement constitutes a plot of land, and the Keeper must make up and maintain a title sheet for each registered plot of land. Minerals, being a separate legal tenement, are treated as a plot of land, and an ownership title relating to minerals will have its own title sheet and cadastral unit.

A lease of minerals will also have its own title sheet, and will make reference to the cadastral unit for the ownership of the minerals.

When entering the property description into the property section of a minerals title sheet, careful consideration should be given to the wording of the deed. This wording should be carried forward to give a clear description of exactly which minerals are included within the title.

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Property indexing guidelines

Property indexing guidelines - 2.8 Quarries & mines

1. Ownership

Examples

Example 1.1	Prefix	Address 1	Link text	Address 2	Suffix
Deed description - the metals, minerals and substances capable of being worked commercially including without prejudice to the foregoing generality all rock, stone, limestone, ironstone, freestone, sandstone, whinstone, granite, flint, slate, shale, marl, common clay, fire clay, china clay, terracotta clay, sand, gravel, blaes and all other kinds of bing or brick making material (whether burnt or unburnt) but excepting all coal and other minerals vested in the Coal Authority or their predecessors within that area of ground at Bowden, Roxburgh edged red on the deed plan Mapping style - cadastral unit edged red, no tint references required Cadastral unit number allocated - ROX563488	Subjects cadastral unit ROX563488 being the metals, minerals and substances capable of being worked commercially including without prejudice to the foregoing generality all rock, stone, limestone, ironstone, freestone, sandstone, whinstone, granite, flint, slate, shale, marl, common clay, fire clay, china clay, terracotta clay, sand, gravel, blaes and all other kinds of bing or brick making material (whether burnt or unburnt) but excepting all coal and other minerals vested in the Coal Authority or their predecessors within that area of ground lying to the west of the road from	BOWDEN, MELROSE	to	MELROSE	edged red on the cadastral map

Example 1.2	Prefix	Address	Suffix
Deed description - the whole metals and minerals including all rock, stone, sand, clay and gravel but excepting all coal and other minerals vested in the Coal Authority or their predecessors within Hill Quarry, Coalburn, Lanark shaded blue on the deed plan Mapping style - cadastral unit tinted pink Cadastral unit number allocated - LAN7654321 Hectarage - greater than 0.5ha. The reference to the hectarage should be entered immediately after the reference to the cadastral unit.	Subjects cadastral unit LAN7654321 being the whole metals and minerals including all rock, stone, sand, clay and gravel but excepting all coal and other minerals vested in the Coal Authority or their predecessors within	HILL QUARRY, COALBURN, LANARK	tinted pink on the cadastral map being 6.17 hectares in measurement on the Ordnance map

2. Lease

Examples

Example 3 - Lease of whole	Prefix	Address 1	Link text	Address 2	Suffix
Deed description - lease of the metals, minerals and substances capable of being worked commercially including without prejudice to the foregoing generality all rock, stone, limestone, ironstone, freestone, sandstone, whinstone, granite, flint, slate, shale, marl, common clay, fire clay, china clay, terracotta clay, sand, gravel, blaes and all other kinds of bing or brick making material (whether burnt or unburnt) but excepting all coal and other minerals vested in the Coal Authority or their predecessors within that area of ground at Bowden, Roxburgh edged red on the deed plan Lease of whole of plot of ground registered in ROX563488 Lease title sheet number - ROX700979 Mapping style of plot of land - cadastral unit edged red Mapping style of lease - by reference to plot of land, no separate reference needed for extent of lease	Subjects cadastral unit ROX563488 being the metals, minerals and substances capable of being worked commercially including without prejudice to the foregoing generality all rock, stone, limestone, ironstone, freestone, sandstone, whinstone, granite, flint, slate, shale, marl, common clay, fire clay, china clay, terracotta clay, sand, gravel, blaes and all other kinds of bing or brick making material (whether burnt or unburnt) but excepting all coal and other minerals vested in the Coal Authority or their predecessors within that area of ground lying to the west of the road from	BOWDEN, MELROSE	to	MELROSE	edged red on the cadastral map

Example 4 - Lease of part	Prefix	Address	Suffix
Deed description - lease of the whole metals and minerals including all rock, stone, sand, clay and gravel but excepting all coal and other minerals vested in the Coal Authority or their predecessors within that part of Hill Quarry, Coalburn, Lanark shaded blue on the deed plan, being part of the Landlord's larger title registered under LAN7654321 Lease of part of plot of ground registered in LAN7654321 Lease title sheet number - LAN808080 Mapping style of plot of land - no plans reference for plot of land shown on mapping of lease title Mapping style of lease - by reference to plot of land, followed by description of the extent of the leased subjects which are tinted pink on the cadastral map due to the complex shape of these particular subjects Hectarage - greater than 0.5ha. As this is a lease title sheet rather than an ownership title sheet, the hectarage is not included within the property section.	Subjects part of cadastral unit LAN7654321	HILL QUARRY, COALBURN, LANARK	being the whole metals and minerals including all rock, stone, sand, clay and gravel but excepting all coal and other minerals vested in the Coal Authority or their predecessors within that part of HILL QUARRY tinted pink on the cadastral map

1. Ownership

Example 1.1

Example 1.2

2. Lease

Example 3 - Lease of whole

Example 4 - Lease of part

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