Freiberg Mining Field

The Freiberg district is a former ore mining area in Saxony. It was from the last third of the 12th century to the second half of the 20th century.

Location

The Freiberg mining district is located in the wider sense on a roughly 35 × 40 km wide corridor deposit of precious and non-ferrous metals in the lower Eastern Ore Mountains to the center of Freiberg. It extends outside of Freiberg on the territory of the municipalities Halsbrücke, Bobritzsch - Hilbersdorf, Weissenborn, Oberschona and the cities fire -Erbisdorf and Großschirma.

In a narrower sense, including next to the Freiberger also Halsbrücker mine field to be understood.

The immediately adjacent to the south Brander area consists of a, the Brander pit box.

History

The Freiberg mining took here in the 12th century its beginning, as was found on the corridor of Christian village silver. This established the first mountain shouting. The silver mining continued until 1912. After a period of inactivity GmbH was the Sachsenerz mine (later Sachsenerz Mining Company ) searched from 1933 for ore and the production of lead, resumed tungsten and other metals. After the Second World War, the Wismut examined the Freiberg district unsuccessfully Uranvererzungen. Until 1969, the VEB mining and metallurgical combine " Albert Funk" Freiberg promoted in the Freiberg district lead, silver and zinc, as well as trace metals.

Within this mining area were historically numerous and are currently pending before various smelters, such as in Muldenhütten, works.

Raw materials

The most important ores are galena, sphalerite, pyrite, arsenopyrite, Silberfahlerz, Rotgültigerze and silver shine.

Other mineral resources that were mined were: quartz, calcite, barite and fluorite.