This thesis was developed within the framework of the Soil Survey and Health Conservation Management Plan (SSHCMP), the methodological guide proposed by the European ROTATE project for the sustainable management of soils in mining and quarrying sites. The work focuses on the application and testing of a functional soil quality assessment model, designed to evaluate the ecological condition of soils throughout the entire mining cycle, from pre-extraction to post-rehabilitation. The evaluation system is based on seven soil functions and is structured in two tiers of application: Tier 1, which uses only topsoil data, and Tier 2, which incorporates information fromthe full soil profile.