Resources
The following table presents the Resources of the Wismut on 1 January 1991. All values are in tonnes uranium (not uranium oxide). Total unmined resources are the combination of reserves plus inferred resources. The total uranium potential are the total unmined resources plus the mined resources. After 1990 there was a little mining in Ronneburg, Niederschlema-Alberoda and Pöhla to reduce the contact surface between uranium ore and groundwater after flooding the mines. In Königstein the cleaning process of mine water still produces uranium today which is sold to international customers. The total production after 1990 is about 1,500 tonnes uranium and is not included in the table.
| Deposit / Occurrence | Years of production | Type | Production | mined resources | Reserves C1 + C2 | inferred resources | total unmined resources | total uranium potential | other resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| uranium field Ronneburg (East Thuringia) | 1950 - 1990 | blackshale | ? | 112,914.0 | 51,820.0 | 35,423.0 | 87,243.0 | 200,157.0 | |
| Schmirchau / Reust | 1952–1990 / 1957–1988 | blackshale | ? | 65,264.9 | 6,622.8 | 1,512.9 | 8,144.7 | 73,409.6 | |
| Paitzdorf | 1954–1990 | blackshale | ? | 22,562.5 | 6,186.5 | 0.0 | 6,186.5 | 28,749.0 | |
| Stolzenberg | 1954-1957 | blackshale | ? | 175.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 175.5 | |
| Lichtenberg | 1958–1976 | blackshale | ? | 14,115.3 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 14,115.3 | |
| Beerwalde (including Korbußen) | 1974-1990 | blackshale | ? | 7,658.4 | 15,912.7 | 0,0 | 15,912.7 | 23,571.1 | |
| Drosen | 1982–1990 | blackshale | 2,941.1 | 3,137.7 | 23,098.0 | 3,760.4 | 26,858.4 | 29,996.1 | |
| Paitzdorf Flanken | exploration area | blackshale | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 367.0 | 367.0 | 367.0 | |
| Zeitz-Baldenhain | exploration area | blackshale | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16,000.0 | 16,000.0 | 16,000.0 | |
| Kauern | exploration area | blackshale | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 453.0 | 453.0 | 453.0 | |
| Prehna | exploration area | blackshale | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8,531.0 | 8,531.0 | 8,531.0 | |
| Untitz | exploration area | blackshale | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2000.0 | 2000.0 | 2000.0 | |
| Crimmitschau Fault Zone | exploration area | blackshale | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2,560.0 | 2,560.0 | 2,560.0 | |
| Lichtenberg-North | exploration area | blackshale | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 230.0 | 230.0 | 230.0 | |
| uranium field Schlema (western Erzgebirge Mts.) | 1946–1990 | vein | 80,413.5 | 90,554.4 | 1,032.0 | 5,017.0 | 6,049.0 | 96,603.4 | Ag, Co, Ni, Bi, Pb, Zn, Se, Fe |
| Niederschlema-Alberoda | 1949–1990 | vein | 73,105.0 | 82,609.4 | 1,032.0 | 1,017.0 | 2,049.0 | 84,658.4 | Ag, Co, Ni, Bi, Pb, Zn, Se |
| Oberschlema | 1946–1960 | vein | 7,098.9 | 7,945.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7,945.0 | Cu, Fe |
| Schneeberg | 1946–1956 | vein | 209.7 | >210 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | >210 | Ag, Co, Ni, Bi |
| Bernsbach | exploration area | vein | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4000.0 | 4000.0 | 4000.0 | |
| Königstein (Elbe Sandstone Mts.) | 1967–1990 | sedimentary (sandstone) | 17,756.0 | 19,257.0 | 4,304.0 | 4,251.0 | 8,555.0 | 27,812.0 | |
| uranium field Culmitzsch (eastern Thuringia) | 1951–1967 | sedimentary (sand-, silt- and limestone) | ? | 11,956.0 | 0.0 | 3,350.0 | 3,350.0 | 15,306.1 | |
| Culmitzsch | 1955–1967 | sedimentary (sand-, silt- and limestone) | ? | 9,216.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9,216.6 | |
| Sorge-Trünzig | 1951–1957 | sedimentary (sand-, silt- and limestone) | ? | 2,292.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2,292.4 | |
| Gauern | 1953–1957 | sedimentary (sand-, silt- and limestone) | ? | 427.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 427.7 | |
| Gera-Süd | exploration area | sedimentary (sand-, silt- and limestone) | ? | 19.4 | 0.0 | 3,350.0 | 3,350.0 | 3,369.0 | |
| Zobes (Vogtland Mts.) | 1949–1963 | vein | 4,673.1 | 5,031.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5,031.0 | Cu, W |
| Freital (Döhlen basin near Dresden) | 1947-53; 1952–55; 1968-89 | sedimentary (hard coal) | 3,691.0 | 3,977.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3,977.0 | hard coal |
| Johanngeorgenstadt (western Erzgebirge Mts.) | 1946–1958 | vein | 3,585.0 | 4,100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4,100.0 | Ag, Bi, Co, Ni |
| mining area Pöhla | 1957–1990 | vein | 1,217.0 | 1,322.0 | 765.5 | 4,577.4 | 5,342.9 | 7,882.0 | magnetite, Sn, Zn, W, In, Cd, Ag, As |
| Tellerhäuser | 1983–1990 | vein | 1,203.6 | 1,307.5 | 765.5 | 4,577.4 | 5,342.9 | 7,854.0 | magnetite, Sn, Zn, W, In, Cd, Ag, As |
| Hämmerlein | exploration area | vein | 12.8 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.0 | Sn, Zn, W, In, Cd |
| Globenstein | 1957–1960 | vein | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | magnetite, Sn, W |
| mining area Schwarzenberg (western Erzgebirge Mts.) | 1947–1959 | vein | 1,346.5 | 1,445.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,445.8 | magnetite, Sn, Zn, W |
| Antonsthal (Weißer Hirsch) | 1949–1959 | vein | 747.7 | 826.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 828.8 | magnetite, Sn, Zn, W |
| Seifenbach | 1947–1955 | vein | 230.0 | 280.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 280.0 | |
| Tannenbaum (September) | 1948–1955 | vein | 90.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | |
| Neuoberhaus | 1947–1955 | vein | 62.0 | 70.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 70.0 | |
| Mai | 1949–1955 | vein | 50.0 | >50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | >50.0 | |
| Unruhe-Halbe Meile | 1950–1953 | vein | 47.0 | 55.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 55.0 | |
| Tellerhäuser-Kaffenberg | 1950–1954 | vein | 42.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | |
| Rabenberg (Juni) | 1949–1955 | vein | 32.0 | >32.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | >32.0 | |
| Raschau-Grünstaauml;dtl | 1950–1954 | vein | 22.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | |
| Rittersgrün (Segen Gottes) | 1948–1954 | vein | 20.4 | 24.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24.0 | |
| Erla-Crandorf | 1948–1954 | vein | 12.3 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 | |
| Breitenbrunn (Margarethe) | 1946–1951 | vein | 7.0 | >7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | >7.0 | |
| Bermsgrün | 1950-1953; 1956 | vein | 2.1 | >2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | >2.1 | |
| Schneckenstein (Vogtland Mts.) | 1949–1959 | vein | 953.2 | 1,136.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,136.3 | |
| Annaberg-Buchholz (central Erzgebirge Mts.) | 1947–1958 | vein | 450.0 | 520.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 520.0 | Ag, Co, Bi, Ni |
| Bergen (Vogtland Mts.) | 1949–1959 | vein | 162.4 | 197.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 197.0 | |
| Niederschlag-Bärenstein (central Erzgebirge Mts.) | 1947–1954 | vein | 132.7 | 155.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 155.0 | fluorite, barite |
| Marienberg (central Erzgebirge Mts.) | 1947–1954 | vein | 121.0 | >121.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | >121.0 | fluorite, barite, Ag, Co, Ni, Bi |
| Dittrichshütte (southern Thuringia) | 1950–1953 | blackshale | 112.6 | 163.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 163.4 | |
| Gottesberg (Vogtland Mts.) | 1949–1955 | vein | 56.4 | 68.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 68.6 | Sn, W |
| Steinach (southern Thuringia) | 1953–1954 | blackshale | 43.6 | 59.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 49.7 | |
| Niederp&oouml;bel (eastern Erzgebirge Mts.) | 1948–1953 | vein | 30.3 | >30.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30.3 | |
| Bärenhecke (eastern Erzgebirge Mts.) | 1949–1954 | vein | ? | 44.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 44.2 | |
| Schleusingen (southern Thuringia) | 1950–1953 | sedimentary (sandstone) | 14.0 | 27.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27.0 | |
| Freiberg (eastern Erzgebirge Mts.) | 1948–1950 | vein | ? | 5.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 | |
| NW-Saxony | exploration area | volcanic | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6,660.0 | 6,660.0 | 6,660.0 | W, REE, Nb, Ta, phosphate |
| Kyhna-Schenkenberg | exploration area | volcanic | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2,500.0 | 2,500.0 | 2,500.0 | |
| Werben | exploration area | volcanic | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2,500.0 | 2,500.0 | 2,500.0 | |
| Serbitz | exploration area | volcanic | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,000.0 | 1,000.0 | 1,000.0 | |
| "southern mineralisation" | exploration area | volcanic | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 660.0 | 660.0 | 660.0 | |
| Hauptmannsgrün-Neumark (Vogtland Mts.) | exploration area | blackshale | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2,270.0 | 2,270.0 | 2,270.0 | |
| Erzgebirge Mts. and Vogtland Mts. | exploration area | vein | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11,200.0 | 11,200.0 | 11,200.0 | |
| NW-part Pöhla | exploration area | vein | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6,050.0 | 6,050.0 | 6,050.0 | |
| central Erzgebirge Mts. | exploration area | vein | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2,384.0 | 2,384.0 | 2,384.0 | |
| western Erzgebirge Mts. (excluding Schlema and Pöhla) | exploration area | vein | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,471.0 | 1,471.0 | 1,471.0 | |
| eastern Erzgebirge Mts. | exploration area | vein | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,295.0 | 1,295.0 | 1,295.0 | |
| Rudolstadt (southern Thuringia) | exploration area | blackshale | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,300.0 | 1,300.0 | 1,300.0 | |
| Wismut total to 1990 | 1947–1990 | / | ca. 230,000 | 251,510.0 | 57,922.0 | 74,078.0 | 132,000.0 | 383,510.0 | Sn, W, Zn, Fe, Cu, Bi, Co, Ni, Ag, As, In, Cd, REE; Nb; Ta, phosphate, barite, fluorite |
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