Closed Uranium Mines
| Argentina | |||||||||||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Total Production (tU | Year Closed | Type of Mine | |||||||||
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| Sierra Pintada/San Rafael mine | Mendoza province | Complejo Minero Fabril San Rafael | 0.19 | 1995 | 2440 t U resources | ||||||||||||
| Huemul | Mendoza province | Energía Mineral S.A | |||||||||||||||
| Schlagintweit | Los Giagantes | ||||||||||||||||
| La Estela | |||||||||||||||||
| Los Colorados | La Rioja Province | 1993 | 1995 | ||||||||||||||
| San Rafael | |||||||||||||||||
| Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Total Production (tU) | Year Closed | Type of Mine | |||||||||
| El Sherana | Northern Territory | 1954 | 1954 | ||||||||||||||
| Rum Jungle | 65 km south of Darwin on the East Finniss River | AAEC/Rio Tinto | 1949 | 1971 | UG | ||||||||||||
| Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Total Production (tU) | Year Closed | Type of Mine | |||||||||
| Key Lake, Gaertner and Deilmann pits | 570 km north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Cameco | OC | ||||||||||||||
| Cluff Lake | 700 km from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | COGEMA | 9979 | 2002 | UG, OC | ||||||||||||
| Rayrock Mine | Northwest Territories | Rayrock Mines Limited | 1948 | 1955 | 1959 | UG | |||||||||||
| Agnew Lake, Hyman | Ontario | Ursa Major Minerals Inc. | 0.03 | ||||||||||||||
| Eldorado Mine | Port Radium, Northwest Territories | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
| Beaverlodge | Saskatchewan | Cameco | |||||||||||||||
| Gunnar | |||||||||||||||||
| Lorado | |||||||||||||||||
| Nisto | |||||||||||||||||
| Pronto Mine | Spragge, Ontario | BHP Billiton Plc | 2.3 million | UG | |||||||||||||
| Quirke Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | BHP Billiton Plc | 44 million | UG | |||||||||||||
| Denison Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | Denison | 69 million | UG | |||||||||||||
| Panel Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | BHP Billiton Plc | 15 million | UG | |||||||||||||
| Can-Met Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | Denison | 2.6 million | ||||||||||||||
| Stanrock Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | Denison | 6.4 million | UG | |||||||||||||
| Stanleigh Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | BHP Billiton Plc | 14 million | ||||||||||||||
| Buckles Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | UG | |||||||||||||||
| Spanish American Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | BHP Billiton Plc | UG | ||||||||||||||
| Milliken Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | 6.3 million | UG | ||||||||||||||
| Lacnor Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | BHP Billiton Plc | 3.4 million | UG | |||||||||||||
| Nordic Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | BHP Billiton Plc | 13 million | UG | |||||||||||||
| Agnew Lake | ALM-Kerr Addison | UG | |||||||||||||||
| Madawaska mine | Bancroft, Ontario | 4,000 | UG | ||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic | |||||||||||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Total Production (tU) | Year Closed | Type of Mine | |||||||||
| Jáchymov | North-west Bohemia in Karlovy Vary Region, in the eponymous St. Joachim's valley in the Ore Mountains on the Weseritz | Czech Government, 1949-1961 Complex of prison camps | 1512-Silver, 18th century-Uranium Oxide, 1898-Radium | ~10,000 | 1964 | UG | |||||||||||
| Příbram | Central Bohemia, 60 km SW Prague | Czech Government, 1949-1991 | 1311-Silver, later Lead, Zinc; 1949 Uranium | 1949 | 1950-1991: Uranium 41746, Lead 6196, Zinc 2417, Silver 11 | 1991 | UG | ||||||||||
| Zálesí (Javorník) | Rychlebské Hory in the Olomouc Region | 1957 | 1959 | 405 | 1968 | UG | |||||||||||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | |||||||||||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Total Production (tU) | Year Closed | Type of Mine | |||||||||
| Shinkolobwe mine | In the Katanga province of the, located near Likasi | Union Minière du Haut Katanga (UMHK) | 1911 | 1922 | 2004 | UG | |||||||||||
| Gabon | |||||||||||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Total Production (tU) | Year Closed | Type of Mine | |||||||||
| Mounana | Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province | COGEMA | 1956 | 1960 | 0.37 | 28000 | 1999 | OC/UG | |||||||||
| Oklo | Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province | COGEMA | 1968 | 1956 | 0.37 | 14000 | 1985 | OC/UG | |||||||||
| Boyindzi | Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province | COGEMA | 1980 | 0.37 | 1991 | UG | |||||||||||
| Mikouloungou | Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province (60 km away from Mounana) | COGEMA | 1997 | 0.37 | 1999 | OC | |||||||||||
| Germany (East Germany) | |||||||||||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Mining Company | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Total Production (tU) | Year Closed | Type of Mine | |||||||||
| Johanngeorgenstadt | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 01 | 1946 | 3585 | 1958 | UG | ||||||||||
| Oberschlema | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 02 | 1946 | 7,098.9 | 1958 | UG | ||||||||||
| Schneeberg | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 03 | 1947 | 209.7 | 1956 | UG | ||||||||||
| Annaberg | central Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 04 | 1947 | 450 | 1958 | UG | ||||||||||
| Marienberg | central Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 05 | 1947 | 121 | 1955 | UG | ||||||||||
| Gottesberg | Vogtland Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 06 | 1948 | 56,4 | 1955 | UG | ||||||||||
| Schneckenstein | Vogtland Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 06 | 1948 | 959,2 | 1960 | UG | ||||||||||
| Zobes | Vogtland Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 06 | 1949 | 4673,3 | 1964 | UG | ||||||||||
| Bergen | Vogtland Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 06 | 1949 | 162,2 | 1957 | UG | ||||||||||
| Bärenhecke | eastern Erzgebirge Mts | SAG Wismut | Objekt 06 | 1948 | 1 | 1954 | UG | ||||||||||
| Niederpöbel | eastern Erzgebirge Mts | SAG Wismut | Objekt 06 | 1948 | 30,3 | 1954 | UG | ||||||||||
| Niederschlag | central Erzgebirge Mts | SAG Wismut | Objekt 07 | 1947 | 222 | 1954 | UG | ||||||||||
| Weißer Hirsch - Antonsthal | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 08 / Schachtkombinat 235 | 1949 | 747,4 | 1959 | UG | ||||||||||
| Tannenbaum - Antonsthal | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG Wismut | Objekt 08 | 1948 | 90 | 1954 | UG | ||||||||||
| Mai - Antonsthal | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 08 / Schachtkombinat 235 | 1949 | 50 | 1959 | UG | ||||||||||
| Seifenbach | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 08 | 1947 | 230 | 1955 | UG | ||||||||||
| Neu-Oberhaus | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 08 | 1948 | 62 | 1955 | UG | ||||||||||
| Valerian - Rabenberg | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 08 | 1949 | 32 | 1955 | UG | ||||||||||
| Unruhe - Halbmeile | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 08 | 1950 | 47 | 1955 | UG | ||||||||||
| Tellerhäuser-Kaffenberg | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 08 | 1951 | 42 | 1955 | UG | ||||||||||
| Grünstädtel | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 08 | 1949 | 12,3 | 1954 | UG | ||||||||||
| Erla | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG Wismut | Objekt 08 | 1949 | 22 | 1955 | UG | ||||||||||
| Segen Gottes - Rittersgrün | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG Wismut | Objekt 08 | 1949 | 20.4 | 1954 | UG | ||||||||||
| Margarethe - Breitenbrunn | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG Wismut | Objekt 08 | 1948 | 7 | 1951 | UG | ||||||||||
| Niederschlema-Alberoda | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 09 | 1947 | 73,105.0 | 1991 | UG | ||||||||||
| Pöhla | western Erzgebirge Mts | SDAG Wismut | Objekt 09 | 1957 | 1216.4 | 1991 | UG | ||||||||||
| "Willi Agatz" Freital (hard coal mine) | Dresden | SAG Wismut / VVB Steinkohle / SDAG Wismut | Steinkohlenwerk Freital / Bergbaubetrieb "W.A." | 1947 (with interruptions) | 3691 | 1989 | UG | ||||||||||
| Königstein | Elbsandsteingebirge Mts | SDAG Wismut | Bergbaubetrieb Königstein | 1967 | 17810 | 1991 | UG/ISL | ||||||||||
| Dittrichshütte | southern Thuringia | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 30 / Objekt 90 | 1950 | 0.032 | 112.62 | 1954 | UG | |||||||||
| Schleusingen | southern Thuringia | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 30 | 1950 | 0.01 | 14 | 1954 | UG | |||||||||
| Steinach | southern Thuringia | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 41 / Objekt 90 | 1951 | 0.094 | 43.55 | 1954 | OC/UG | |||||||||
| Sorge-Settendorf | East Thuringia | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 30 / Objekt 90 | 1950 | 2,292.4* | 1957 | OC | ||||||||||
| Gauern | East Thuringia | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 90 | 1953 | 427.7* | 1957 | OC | ||||||||||
| Culmitzsch | East Thuringia | SDAG Wismut | Objekt 90 | 1955 | 9216.6* | 1967 | OC | ||||||||||
| Wolfersdorf - Gera-Süd (exploration) | East Thuringia | SDAG Wismut | Objekt 90 | 1963 | 19.4* | 1969 | UG | ||||||||||
| Ronneburg | East Thuringia | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 90 | 1952 | 4.66* | 1956 | OC | ||||||||||
| Stolzenberg | East Thuringia near Ronneburg | SDAG Wismut | Objekt 90 | 1956 | 92* | 1960 | OC | ||||||||||
| Lichtenberg | East Thuringia near Ronneburg | SDAG Wismut | Objekt 90 / Bergbaubetrieb Lichtenberg | 1958 | 13,837.64* | 1977 | OC | ||||||||||
| Reust-Lichtenberg | East Thuringia near Ronneburg | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 90 / Bergbaubetrieb Reust | 1951 | 20,495.16* (up to 1987) | 1991 (from 1987 to 1991 Schmirchau-Mine) | UG/ISL/heap leaching | ||||||||||
| Schmirchau | East Thuringia near Ronneburg | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 90 / Bergbaubetrieb Schmirchau | 1951 | 0.101 | 44,769.74* | 1991 | UG/ISL/heap leaching | |||||||||
| Paitzdorf | East Thuringia near Ronneburg | SDAG Wismut | Objekt 90 / Bergbaubetrieb Paitzdorf | 1961 | 0.097 | 22,562.5* | 1991 | UG | |||||||||
| Beerwalde | East Thuringia near Ronneburg | SDAG Wismut | Bergbaubetrieb Beerwalde | 1974 | 0.110 | 7,141.1* | 1991 | UG | |||||||||
| Drosen | East Thuringia near Ronneburg | SDAG Wismut | Bergbaubetrieb Drosen | 1982 | 0.095 | 2,941.1 | 1991 | UG | |||||||||
| Germany (West Germany) | |||||||||||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Total Production (tU) | Year Closed | Type of Mine | |||||||||
| Ellweiler | Near Ellweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate | UG | |||||||||||||||
| Menzenschwand | Near St. Blasien, Black Forest | Gewerkschaft Brunhilde | 1961 | 580 | 1991 | UG | |||||||||||
| Poland | |||||||||||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Total Production (tU) | Year Closed | Type of Mine | |||||||||
| Kowary | 1000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Radoniów | |||||||||||||||||
| Kopaniec | |||||||||||||||||
| Kletno | |||||||||||||||||
| Rudki | |||||||||||||||||
| Radomice | |||||||||||||||||
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| Wojcieszyce | |||||||||||||||||
| Okrzeszyn | |||||||||||||||||
| Mniszków | |||||||||||||||||
| Miedzianka | |||||||||||||||||
| Radzimowice | |||||||||||||||||
| Rochowice | |||||||||||||||||
| Grzmiaca | |||||||||||||||||
| Redziny | |||||||||||||||||
| Russia | |||||||||||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Total Production (tU) | Year Closed | Type of Mine | |||||||||
| Butugichag | Kolyma, Magadan Oblast, near town of Ust-Omchug (~50 km, or 30 mi) | State-owned, Dalstroy | 1940s | 1945 | ? | 1955 | OC | Slovenia | |||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Total Production (tU) | Year Closed | Type of Mine | |||||||||
| Žirovski Vrh | Slovenia, Upper Carniola | N.E.K. | 1960 | 1984 | 0.07 | 452 tU | 1994 | ||||||||||
| Sweden | |||||||||||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Total Production (tU) | Year Closed | Type of Mine | |||||||||
| Ranstadverket | South of Billingen, between Skövde and Falköping | 1965 | 120 t U | 1969 | OC | ||||||||||||
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