Browse old mine sites by country | HAABase Mines

Browse mine sites by country

Explore HAABase Mines by country, including old mine sites, surviving mine headframes, winding towers and related shaft structures across Europe.

The register currently records 609 sites across 25 countries. Coverage is expanded and refined as new evidence, field records and photographs are added.

Browse the country index

Each country entry shows the number of recorded sites and the main output types represented in the register. Use the List and Map links to open the records for that country.

Coverage Map

The map shows where country-level coverage has been added to the HAABase Mines register. Bubble size indicates the relative number of recorded sites in each country.

Select a bubble to open that country in map view, or use the country cards below to browse the records as a list or map.

Albania (2)

Copper and pyrite 1 · Iron-nickel ore 1

Austria (9)

Lignite 3 · Lead and zinc 2 · Tunnel construction 2 · Gypsum 1 · Iron ore 1

Belgium (10)

Coal 10

Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)

Brown coal 1

Bulgaria (7)

Gold 2 · Gold and silver 2 · Copper 1 · Copper and gold 1 · Magnesite 1

Croatia (1)

Coal 1

Czech Republic (19)

Coal 17 · Uranium 2

England (37)

Coal 22 · Fluorspar 3 · Lead 3 · Tin 3 · Tin and copper 2 · Iron ore 1 · Limestone 1 · Polyhalite 1 · Salt 1

Finland (10)

Copper 2 · Limestone 2 · Chromite 1 · Gold 1 · Lead 1 · Nickel and copper 1 · Talc and magnesite 1 · Zinc and lead 1

France (109)

Coal 56 · Slate 16 · Iron ore 12 · Lignite 4 · Anthracite 3 · Potash 3 · Salt 3 · Asphalte 2 · Bauxite 2 · Clay 1 · Fluorite 1 · Gold 1 · Lead and zinc 1 · Ochre 1 · Pyrite 1 · Research 1 · Tin and tungsten 1

Germany (170)

Coal 96 · Potash 33 · Salt 11 · Potash and salt 8 · Lead and zinc 5 · Iron ore 4 · Lignite 2 · Pyrite and baryte 2 · Silver 2 · Anthracite 1 · Copper shale 1 · Manganese 1 · Silver, lead and zinc 1 · Slate 1 · Tin 1 · Uranium 1

Hungary (6)

Brown coal 2 · Brown coal and bauxite 1 · Coal and bauxite 1 · Iron ore 1 · Uranium ore 1

Italy (10)

Coal 3 · Lead and zinc 2 · Copper 1 · Fluorite, galena and baryte 1 · Lead, zinc and silver 1 · Mercury 1 · Pyrite 1

Luxembourg (3)

Iron ore 3

Netherlands (2)

Anthracite 1 · Coal 1

Norway (2)

Iron ore 1 · Zinc and lead 1

Poland (77)

Coal 46 · Copper ore 20 · Salt 5 · Coking coal 3 · Coal and bentonite 1 · Iron ore 1 · Lead and zinc 1

Portugal (11)

Zinc and lead 3 · Anthracite 1 · Coal 1 · Coal / lignite 1 · Copper and pyrite 1 · Copper and sulphur 1 · Pyrite, copper, zinc, lead, silver and gold 1 · Tungsten 1 · Water 1

Romania (20)

Coal 14 · Salt 2 · Coal, lignite and oil shale 1 · Iron ore 1 · Lignite 1 · Talc 1

Scotland (8)

Coal 7 · Hone stone 1

Slovakia (17)

Gold and silver 8 · Lignite 3 · Antimony, pyrite and gold 1 · Brown coal 1 · Gold, silver, lead, zinc and copper 1 · Iron ore 1 · Iron ore and mercury 1 · Salt / brine 1

Slovenia (3)

Mercury 2 · Coal 1

Spain (44)

Coal 34 · Lignite 3 · Pyrite 3 · Anthracite 1 · Copper 1 · Lead 1 · Uranium 1

Sweden (20)

Iron ore 7 · Copper 4 · Silver 3 · Zinc, copper, lead, gold and silver 2 · Manganese-bearing iron ore 1 · Silver, lead and zinc 1 · Zinc and lead 1 · Zinc, lead, silver and copper 1

Wales (11)

Coal 7 · Copper 1 · Gold 1 · Lead and zinc 1 · Tinplate 1