Uranium ore mining in Bad Schlema
In addition to a piece of uraninite, which can also be checked for radioactivity using a Geiger counter, there are many pictures of the changes in the landscape.
They show the beginning of uranium ore mining, the processing and extraction of the ore and a simplified spatial diagram of the huge mine workings.
Uranium output by deposit
Pöhla | 1000 tons |
Schneeberg | 200 tons |
Johanngeorgenstadt | 3500 tons |
Oberschlema | 6600 tons |
Niederschlema/Alberoda | 73.100 tons |
SAG/SDAG Wismut total (Saxony and Thuringia) | 240.000 tons |


