List of mines in Switzerland

The list of mines in Switzerland is an incomplete list of former and active mines on today's territory of Switzerland . It gives a historical and regional overview of the importance of mining .

Surname	Canton	local community	comment	Beginning	The End	location	image
Silly hope	Grisons	Schmitten	Lead, zinc?
All Bolle	Ticino	Astano	Gold, arsenic; 300 meters southwest of the campsite al Parco d'Oro; muted April 1785; awarded 1806; last dismantling phase 1937–1961; to Costa (no)	1785-04	1961	location
Alp Samada	Grisons	Ferrera, OT Innerferrera	Iron; above the Samada sura alpine hut; 15 m long, 1 m thick seam; Open pit
Alp Samada (2)	Grisons	Ferrera, OT Innerferrera	Iron (siderite); Open pit mine; at 1,800 m above sea level next to the path that connects Innerferrera with the Alp; 2.5 m thick Siderit lens
Alp Samada (3)	Grisons	Ferrera, OT Innerferrera	Iron (siderite); at the foot of the rock face
Alvaschein	Grisons	Albula / Alvra , OT Tiefencastel	Plaster; at the bus stop "Gipsmühle"; Operating times: 1853– ?, 1903–09, 1927–1967; Tunnel system, formerly three access tunnels	1853	1967	location
Bärenbüel	Grisons	Bergün Filisur , OT Filisur	Lead, zinc; southwest, above Filisur on a wooded hill; Mining holes and spoil heaps
Alp Quadrada mine	Grisons	Poschiavo	Asbestos; at approx. 2,000 m above sea level M. above the Alp Quadrada	1878	1952	location
Mine at Cholonges	Grisons	Surses , OT Marmorera	Iron; very old tunnels that are not passable on the left side of the valley above the Marmorera lake
Mine near Aproz	Valais	Aproz	Pyrite	1917	1919
Mine near Blaunca	Grisons	Sils in Engadin / Segl , OT Blaunca	Iron; above the road from Grevas Alvas to Blaunca
Mine near Elgg	Zurich	Elgg	Coal; Discovered in 1763; 1781 (Dec.) Mutungsversuch (Stollen); awarded on January 15, 1782; 67% carbon	1781	1838	location
Mine near Elgg	Zurich	Elgg	Coal; two studs; 12–26 cm thick (up to 60 cm maximum)	1811-08-15	1865 (approx.)	location
Mine near Latsch / Stuls	Grisons	Bergün / Bravuogn, OT Latsch	Iron sulfide; stollen	1811	1860
Mine at Le Chable	Neuchâtel	Le Chable	asphalt
Mine near Pleigne	law	Pleigne , OT Löwenburg	Silex mine (flint)	3000 BC Chr. (Approx.)
Mine near Sils-Baselgia	Grisons	Sils im Engadin / Segl , OT Sils Baselgia	Galena, zinc blende; above the Engadinerstrasse near Sils-Baselgia; several tunnels	16th century	17th century
Mine at Les Epoisats	Neuchâtel	Les Epoisats	asphalt
Mine near Undervelier	Neuchâtel	Undervelier	Iron ore
Mine near Uznach	St. Gallen	Uznach , OT Echeltswil	Coal marl; north of Uznach; Thickness of 0.5 m; Attempts to exploit in 1842 and 1871	1842	1871
Mine near Uznach	St. Gallen	Uznach	Shale coal; on the south bank of the Upper Lake Zurich; 7 km southwest of Uznach near Uznach, Wangen, Buchberg (southern slope)		1870
Buchs mine	Zurich	Box	Quartz sand	1900 (around)
Birmensdorf mine	Zurich	Birmensdorf	Coal; Thickness of 18-24 cm; Stollen; July 25, 1838 new prospecting license; In the Malefizgraben (18th century); 1840 9–12 cm thick	1780-05-27	1840 (um)
Mine near Birmensdorf	Zurich	Birmensdorf	Coal; in the Malefizgraben; 9–12 cm thick	18th century
Mine in the small Melchtal / Erzegg	Obwalden	Sachseln	Mining of iron ore (pebble ore); exact mining site unknown	1681
Mine in Martinstobel	St. Gallen	Goldach	Brown coal; on the Goldach, east of St. Gallen; Tunnel construction; Total funding: several hundred quintals of coal		1892
Echeltswil-Goldingen mine	Zurich	Echeltswil-Goldingen	Coal; Tunnel I and II; Newly awarded in 1871; November 7, 1917 to August 1918 new mining (extraction 10 t); two mining tunnels (III, IV); Dismantling attempt 4.1942 to 4.1943 (extraction: 466 t); maximum 70 cm thick	1842 (or 43)	1943-04	location
Herdern mine	Zurich, Thurgau	Herdern , Kalchrain	Coal; 3 tunnels (some of which are over 100 m long); 9 m deep shaft; new dismantling 11.1916; Overall thickness of the seam on average 60–90 cm; 44.1-53.7% carbon content; Production in 1917: 465 t; 1918: 170.36 t; Total output: 635 t; 6 workers	1855	1919-01	location
Küttigen mine	Aargau	Küttigen	Iron (floor ore); in the Buchwald between the villages of Küttigen, Erlinsbach and the city of Aarau; sometimes hundreds of meters long tunnels; 1550 first mining concession mentioned; Küttigerstollen on the Tannenbächli; Caution tunnel at the top Rombachtäli; Erlachstollen against Obererlinsbach; 1807 Meyerstollen am Hungerberg (in operation until approx. 1820)	1500	1850	location
Val Minor mine	Grisons	Pontresina	multiple tunnels; on the steep mountain slope above Lej Minor	11th century	17th century	location
Val Tisch mine	Grisons	Bergün / Bravuogn	Iron, manganese; Tunnels with deep shafts and opencast mines at Tischmas da Tisch	1568	1850
Chamoson mine	Valais	Chamoson	Magnetite; on the southwest slope of the Haut de Cry at 1700 to 1950 m; Tunnel I (84 m long); Tunnel II (at 1,902 m above sea level, 60 m long, 80 m long window tunnel); Gallery III (46.8 m long); 1940 exploratory tunnel at 1,830 m; Operating times: 1814–1859, 1941–43; up to 400 workers; Tunnel system with a total length of 330 m	1814	1943	Location location location
Punteglias mine	Grisons	Truns	Iron, copper, silver, gold, vitriol; above Truns; 8 tunnels at an altitude of approx. 1820–1860 m; up to 200 workers; Iron content up to 50%; last funding period: 1817-05-21 to 1864	1472	1846	Location location
Ore mine	Aargau	Unterendingen	Iron (floor ore); in the Buhalde; a total of approx. 4–5 tunnels in the area (same side of the valley Endingen, Tegerfelden)	1801 (before)		location
Bois de Croix	Neuchâtel	Val-de-Travers , OT Bois de Croix	active asphalt mine; opencast mine until 1812; Pillar construction; Thickness of approx. 6 m; Bitumen content of 7–12%; Dismantling to approx. 780,000 sqm; approx. 200 workers; Daily production of approx. 200 t; Total production up to approx. 2018: 2 million t	18th century		Location location
Breiterbach	Valais	Stalden	Talc, Giltstein; in the Vispertal on the left side of the Breiterbach; Tunnel with at least 12 m length; Dismantling in 1918	1918 (before)
Buffalora	Grisons	Tschierv	Iron; at the Ofenpass; several tunnels: Daniel Schläpfer tunnels (20 m long); two mining tunnels on Scharaweg, X-tunnels (more than 50 m long), Zarclast tunnels (over 100 m long), Laurencius tunnels, Sendastollen	1503	1618	location
Camino	Grisons	Poschiavo	Galena; Mining tunnels at the Bernina Pass; also Camin called	12th century	13th century	location
Cava da metal	Grisons	Obersaxen , OT Affeier	Copper, pyrite, pale ores, silver; several tunnels at an altitude of approx. 1150 m, below the village in an approx. 80 m high rock face	16th century (before)	19th century	location
Cava Sul Rhine	Grisons	Rueun	Lead, zinc; on the southern bank of the Rhine opposite the Rueun RhB train station; last dismantling period 1916–1918		1918	location
Chandolin	Valais	Chandoline	Anthracite; up to 3 m thick; Production up to World War I: approx. 30,000 t; 1917–1922: approx. 22,573 t; 1940–1947: 166,155 t (up to 5,000 t per day)	1850 (um)	1947
Chez Larze	Valais	Verbier	Iron; on Mont Chemin; seven tunnels (up to 360 m long); Dismantling periods: 1842–1845, 1856–1871	1842	1871
Chli Hüreli	Grisons	Ferrera, OT Innerferrera	Iron; 20 m long excavation tunnel; at the Chli Hüreli in the Suretta valley	1820 (approx.)	1850 (approx.)
Cholloch, Sennhof	Zurich	Winterthur , OT Sennhof	Coal; in the Tösstal 30 m above the road to Kollbrunn; merely attempt; Tunnel with a total length of 60 m (including 25 m branch); about 25–30 cm thick	1832		location
Chrästel	Zurich	Box	Quartz sand mine			location
Chupfergrüebli	Grisons	Felsberg	Gold, pale ore; short, cut gallery at 1.08 0 m above sea level M .; approx. 700 m east of the Golden Sun in Lascheintobel
Comtesse	Valais	Saint-Martin , OT Praz-Jean	Lead, zinc, silver; southwest and above Praz-Jean in the Val d'Herens at 1,373 to 1,516 m above sea level. M .; at least 5 tunnels (at heights of 1412 m, 1428 m, 1453 m, 1476 m, 1516 m); Operating times: old time, 1913-1914, 1942-spring 45 (extraction: 500 t ore)		1914
Costa (no)	Ticino	Sessa , OT Costa / Beredino	Gold, silver, arsenic; 1816 first award (no dismantling); Newly awarded in 1854; 3 dismantling boards; several tunnels	1816	1961-06-12	location
Erezloch	Grisons	Grüsch	deaf, 12 m long tunnel	1540		location
Ore bed	Glarus	Murg	Copper; in the Murgtal at an altitude of approx. 1720 m; near the main pit on the Mürtschenalp; 6–12 feet thick	1856
Ore mine	Lucerne	Kriens	Iron; on the Sonnenberg; in today's Wolfsschlucht
Ore mine at Guggernell	Grisons	Arosa	Galena, zinc blende; above Alp Ramoz at approx. 2700 m above sea level. M.
Ore mines at Tschirpen	Grisons	Arosa	Iron (red and brown iron stone); under the summit of the Tschirpens at about 2,380 m above sea level. M.	15th century		location
Falotta	Grisons	Tinizong-Rona, OT Rona	Manganese; on the Alp digl Plaz above Rona	1944	1945
Felsenau	Aargau	Leuggern , OT Felsenau	Plaster; 1880 open pit; from 1910 underground mining; Pillar dismantling; Ridge chamber system; up to 25 workers; 150 m depth; 5 mining levels; Tunnel system with a length of 25 km; Total output: 1 million t of gypsum and anhydrite	1880	1989-06-02
Ferden	Valais	Ferden	Anthracite, graphite; in the Lötschental; 1873 and 1875 conjectures; Awarded in 1917; Tunnels and shafts; Mining until 1920 (extraction 3,300 t); Re-awarded in 1940; Closed in 1948; Return of the license to the canton in 1949; Total output: 43,000 t; Halden still visible	1873	1949	location
Fexer plates	Grisons	Sils in the Engadin / Segl	Slate; Opencast mining and tunnels	17th century	1964
Fianel	Grisons	Ferarra, OT Innerferrera	Iron, manganese; north, above Piz la Mazza; Opencast mining; Iron content of 20-30%; Manganese content 10%	17th century
Filon de Tignausa supérieur	Valais	Anniviers, OT Saint-Luc	copper			location
Fliden	Grisons	Felsberg	Gold; also called upper gruob ; Tunnel at Taminser Calanda at 1,295 m above sea level M .; Lines and dismantling over a length of approx. 80 m and a depth of 40 m; Part of the Golden Sun mine	1809	1909
Gnapperkopf	St. Gallen	Pfäfers , OT Vättis	Copper, lead, silver; 4 studs; at Gnapperkopf near Vättis; Operating hours: 1713, 1850, 1860–1861, 1865–1866	1713	1866
Golden Sun	Grisons	Felsberg	Gold, pyrite; Stollen; also called lower gruob ; at Taminser Calanda at an altitude of 1,040 m above sea level. M; Closed in 1822; Dismantling phases: 1803–1822, 1856–1862, 1876, 1885, 1893, 1939, 1958	1803	1958	location
Goppenstein	Valais	Goppenstein	Lead, zinc; on Rothenberg in Lötschental; Opencast mine and gallery in the Schönbühl area at over 2000 m; Production 1742–1746: 300 t lead; several tunnels in the valley south of the village: Tiebelstollen (at least 210 m long); Dahlstollen (connected to the Tiebelstollen); Company shutdowns: 1750, 1870, 1907, 1953; Cessation of operations in 1953; final end of January 23rd, 1968	1474-08-01 (at least)	1968
Schleitheim Gypsum Museum	Schaffhausen	Schleitheim , OT Oberwiesen	Plaster museum with plaster gallery; at the foot of the Lendenberg; 1.7 km long total tunnel system with 150 m depth and 550 m length; Total output: 600,000 t of gypsum	1790		location
Plaster of Paris	Schaffhausen	Schleitheim, OT Oberwiesen	Plaster; at the foot of the Lendenberg; on Mühleweg across from the Wiesental house; 1790 Stollen beer cellar ; 1836 2nd tunnel; 3rd and 4th tunnels until approx. 1904; last dismantling period: 1927–1944	1790	1944
Gypsum tunnels	Schaffhausen	Schleitheim, OT Untereggingen	Plaster; at the foot of the Lendenberg; two studs
Gypsum tunnels	Schaffhausen	Schleitheim, OT Untereggingen-Eberfingen	Plaster; at the foot of the Lendenberg; remarkable occurrences on the right side of the Wutach
Gypsum tunnels	Schaffhausen	Schleitheim, OT Eberfingen	Plaster; at the foot of the Lendenberg; two studs
Gypsum tunnels	Schaffhausen	Schleitheim, OT Stühlingen	Plaster; at the foot of the Lendenberg; Neumühle near Stühlingen; three studs
Gondo gold mine	Valais	Gondo	Gold; Leopold tunnel, visitor mine		1900 (around)
Gonzen	St. Gallen	Sargans	Iron ore mining ( hematite , magnetite , hausmannite ); 0.5–2 m thickness; Mining height of 350–1400 m above sea level. M .; Gallery: Pit I – IV, Wolfsgrube, Nausgrube, Grundstollen bei Vild ; up to 300 staff members; Total production: 2.7 million t of iron ore; Iron ore reserves: estimated 5.5 million t	1396	1966-05-02	location
Green	Valais	Green	Coal; up to 80 workers; multiple tunnels; Total tunnel length of approx. 13 km; 245 m depth	1858	1957-11-11	location
Pit at Calannaluz	Grisons	Untervaz	Copper, pale ore, galena; on the northwest side of the Calanda
Gruba	Grisons	Surses, OT Marmorera	Chalcopyrite, magnetite, pyrrhotite; also called gruoba ; above the Marmorersee in the wooded area on the right side of the valley; medieval short studs
Gruobas Ursera	Grisons	Other	Silver, copper, antimony; also called Las Gruobas ; Tunnels: Rebasso, Calcina, Cantina, Römerstollen, Metacalcina, Bethlehem, St. Anna; Tunnel system with a length of approx. 1,200 m; Last mining period 1865–1868	16th century	1868
Groups	Glarus	Dwindling	Iron; 5 tunnels at an altitude between 1308 and 1338 meters	1530	1560	location
Main pit	Glarus	Murg	Silver and copper ore; on the Mürtschenalp (at an altitude of 1,700 m); several tunnels (4 tunnels in Feldried 200 m below the main pit (with lengths of 3, 4, 11 and 81 m)); 1916–1918 Weinmann tunnel "(at an altitude of 1,690 m); deep tunnel; mining periods: 1608–1861, 1916–1918; thickness of 1–3 feet	1608	1918	location
Heart after	Aargau	Heart after	Iron mine; 1920 investigations; Dismantling from 1937; Main tunnel with a length of 370 m, ended in the Weichlen area; At that time, stocks of 30 million t of iron ore were estimated; Thickness up to 3 m; Eisenoolith with an iron content of 30–50%; 4.2 km long cable car to the Frick train station; Funding 1941; 211,783 t; Total output 1.7 million t	1920	1967	location
High Rone	train	Menzingen , OT Greit / OT litter	Coal; also called Höhronen or Greit ; at Gottschalkenberg; Discovered in 1835; Dismantling from 1836; approx. 15 tunnels (5 at Wurf (from 1846), 4 at Greit, 3 at Sparenweid) at an altitude of 960–1060 m; up to 60 workers; 15–21 cm thick; 74.59% carbon; 1942/43 investigations and extraction of 21 t of coal	1835	1943-02	location
II Fuorn	Grisons	Zernez	Iron; at least 11 tunnels			location
Johann Fluri	Grisons	Schmitten	Lead, zinc?
Surava lime works	Grisons	Albula / Alvra, OT Surava	Lime; on the cantonal road at the eastern exit of Surava village; Open pit and short tunnels	1920 (before)	1948
Kaltenberg	Valais	Leuk	Cobalt, nickel (white nickel pebbles); at approx. 2,500 m. ü. M. in the Turtmann Valley; Dismantling periods: 1875-1884, 1891 and 1942; Cobalt content 17-18%; Nickel content 8-10%	1836	1942	location
Kaltthal	Grisons	Merlen	Copper; also written Chaltal ; at 1510 m above sea level M .; on the Mürtschenalp; 1,650 m from the ore bed ; 6–12 feet thick; 80 m long tunnel; Exploratory tunnel (collapsed after 20 m)	1857		location
Käpfnach	Zurich	Horgen	Lignite and marl mine with a tunnel length of 80 km; Hours of operation: 1708–1728, 1763 – before 1776, 1784–1910, 1917–1921, 1941–1947; Total production: 275,000 t of lignite	1548	1947	location
Kienberg	Solothurn	Kienberg	Plaster; Opencast mining; Tunnel construction; Operating times: 1844–1912, 1923–1976	1844	1976	location
Collonges coal mine	Valais	Collonges	coal
Coal mine near Savièse	Valais	Savièse	coal
Küferalp in Illgraben	Valais	Susten	Nickel, antimony
La Barma	Valais	Saint-Martin VS, OT Praz-Jean / Saint-Luc	Lead, zinc, copper; also called Mine de la Barma ; north, above Praz-Jean in the Val d'Herens; 5 studs
La Lée	Valais	Anniviers , OT Zinal	Copper pyrites, sulfur pyrites; Visitor mine; also called l'Allée or Alpe de la Lex ; 1-2 feet mighty; Ore vein strikes east to west and dips to the south at 25 degrees; small network of tunnels	1857 (before)		location
La Motta	Grisons	Pontresina	Pyrite, arsenic; Opencast mining; opposite the group of houses in La Motta on the left side of the Berninapass-Strasse	13th century
La Presta	Neuchâtel	Val-de-Travers , OT Presta	accessible, disused asphalt mine	1837 (um)		Location location
La Ruosna da Palits	Grisons	Tavetsch	Galena; in Val Nalps on the left slope of the Tgom valley at 1,875 m above sea level. M .; also called Palitserloch and La Ruosna da Paliz ; 1697 56 m long;	1658	18th century
La Sassa	Grisons	Brusio , OT Selvaplana	Talc; on the left side of the valley above Selvaplana, at approx. 1290 m above sea level, in the rocks of “La Sassa”; 50 m long tunnel	1932	1960
Landesplattenberg	Glarus	Engi , OT Hinterdorf	Extraction of slate for slates	1565	1961	location
Le Couloir Collaud	Valais	Martigny	Magnetite (iron); on Mont Chemin; four tunnels (at 1,050 m, 1,130 m, 1,180 m and 1,190 m)
Lengenbach	Valais	Fäld	Lead, silver; Zinc, titanium, sulfur; in the Binntal	1855 (before)	active	location
Crown of Mary	Grisons	Bergün Filisur, OT Filisur	Copper; on the left side of the valley of the Albula near Filisur in the steep cliffs below Foppas; two studs
Martegn-Muttala sura	Grisons	Ferrera , OT Innerferrera	Iron; north of Innerferrera, on the left side of the Ferrera valley; Mining zone above the power plant center (1,550 m above sea level) to 2,530 m above sea level above the Lai da Muttala
Medeglia	Ticino	Monteceneri , OT Medeglia	Magnetic gravel, pyrrhotite (sulfur); in the Val d'Isone; two studs; Dismantling in 1918 and 1942	1918	1942	location
Mine Comtesse	Valais	Bruson	Lead, silver	1489
Mine de Baicolliou	Valais	Anniviers, OT Grimentz	Copper; at least 2 tunnels; Tunnel system with a length of several 100 m
Mine de Biolec	Valais	Anniviers, OT Ayer	Copper; 2.3 km southwest. from Ayer on the left slope of the Zinaltal at an altitude of 2,180 m; last funding period: 1940–1945; west of the Pétolliou mine ; Copper content of 5–10%; average 25 cm thick	1834	1945
Mine de Blesec	Valais	Anniviers, OT Saint-Luc	Copper, lead, zinc; Copper mineralization in the 3 northern pits, lead and zinc in the 3 southern pits; Mine with several shafts
Mine de Collioux inférieur	Valais	Anniviers, OT Saint-Luc	Cobalt, nickel, arsenic, bismuth
Mine de Cruitaz	Valais	Anniviers , OT Ayer	Copper, silver, arsenic, bismuth
Mine de Garboula	Valais	Anniviers, OT Saint-Luc	copper
Mine de Gosan	Valais	Anniviers, OT Saint-Luc	Copper, silver, lead; below the road that connects Saint-Luc with Chandolin, north-northeast. the Mine de la Fusette and east-north-east. the Mine de Termino
Mine de Gollyre	Valais	Anniviers, OT Ayer	Copper, nickel; southeast of Ayer
Mine de Grand-Praz	Valais	Anniviers, OT Ayer	Copper, nickel, bismuth, silver			location
Mine d'Hubacher	Valais	Vollèges	Fluorite; Exploration tunnel on Mont Chemin at an altitude of 1,340 m; 430 m long tunnel; Warehouse with 150,000 t; penetrating with Mine de la Crettaz	1974	1976	location
Mine de la Crettaz-Est	Valais	Verbier	Iron, lead; also called Mine de Crettaz ; Tunnel on Mont Chemin; Dismantling in 1856 and 1864; Tunnel (6 m long with a 30 m deep hole) at 1,425 m above sea level	1849	1864	location
Mine de la Crettaz-Ouest	Valais	Verbier	Iron, lead; also called Mine de Crettaz ; Tunnel on Mont Chemin; Dismantling in 1856 and 1864; Tunnel (500 m long) at 1,420 m above sea level	1849	1864	574.810 / 104.480
Mine de la Fontaine	Valais	Martigny
Mine de la Lapine Rousse	Valais	Val d'Anniviers, OT Ayer	copper
Mine de Peiloz	Valais	Praz-Jean	Lead, zinc, antimony, silver	1500 (um)	1723
Mine de Pinsec	Valais	Anniviers, OT Vissoie	Nickel, cobalt; northwest by Vissoie
Mine de Satarma	Valais	La Gouille	copper
Mine de Schonec	Valais	Val d'Anniviers, OT Ayer	Copper; also called Les Virons vein ; two broken tunnels
Mine de Siviez	Valais	Siviez	silver
Mine de Trappistes	Valais	Vollèges	Silver, lead, fluorite; also called filon ; Newly awarded in 1814; Hours of operation: 1782–1792, 1815–1819, 1861–1863, 1918–1921, 1928–1931, 1941–1946; Upper gallery at 753 m; Middle tunnel at 713 m above sea level. M .; Lower tunnel on the St.Bernhard pass road at an altitude of 682 m; Tunnel system several hundred meters long	1500 (um)	1946	location
Mine de Termino	Valais	Anniviers, OT Saint-Luc	Copper, lead
Mine de Tounot	Valais	Anniviers, OT Vissoie	Copper, nickel			location
Mine de Waschsee	Valais	Anniviers, OT Chandolin	Copper, lead; on the Illhorn above the Illsee			location
Mine de Zirouc	Valais	Val d'Anniviers, OT Ayer	Copper; also written Mine de Tsirouc ; 3 studs
Bourrimont Mine	Valais	Anniviers, OT Ayer	Copper, cobalt, bismuth			location
Mine des Moulins	Valais	Anniviers, OT Saint-Luc	Copper, zinc, lead;
Mine you Vacheret	Valais	Verbier	Lead, zinc			location
Mine fusette	Valais	Anniviers, OT Saint-Luc	Copper, zinc, lead
Mine Louis Philippe	Grisons	Davos	At 1,620 m above sea level in the Schwabentobel, approx. 50 m long
Mine Pétolliou	Valais	Annivers, OT Ayer	Lead, zinc, copper; east of Biolec ; 2 studs
Mine Robert	Valais	Salanfe	Arsenic, gold; today covered by a reservoir
Mines de Vernayaz	Valais	Vernayaz , Salvan	Anthracite; between Vernayaz and Salvan; 1830s prospecting; first (lowest) gallery (approx. 40 m above the valley, 40 m long, 60 cm thick); second gallery (opened in 1892 (tunnel)); third gallery (20 m higher than second gallery, 1892, double seam, each 10-15 cm thick with 80 cm slate layer); fourth gallery (at approx. 800 m above sea level, on the left (western) bank of the stream, up to 50 cm thick); 1917 tunnel I (7 m long); 1919 tunnel II; older tunnels III-VI (up to max. 90 m in length); 1940–1943 dismantling by the “Société des mines de Vernayaz”, 5 stretches with a length of 596 m (the longest with 180 m); Base tunnel extended by 80 m	183 *	1943
Mines de Vens	Valais	Martigny	Magnetite (iron); on Mont Chemin; two tunnels (4 m and 26 m long)
Mines des Grandes Férondes (ou des Planches)	Valais	Martigny	Iron; on the north slope of Mont Chemin; multiple tunnels; Dismantling 1917/20, 1940-43	1917	1943
Mines du Goilly	Valais	Martigny	Iron; on Mont Chemin;
Mompé Medel	Grisons	Disentis , OT Mompé Medel	Talc pit; Tunnel at 1,440 m altitude; there is another talc pit located higher up on the slope			location
Mot Madlain	Grisons	Scuol , OT S-charl	Lead, silver, zinc; some tunnels with a total length of several kilometers: Barbarastollen, Johannesstollen, others	1317	19th century	location
Ochsenalp	Grisons	Tinizong-Rona , OT Tinizong	Copper and pyrites (chalcopyrite, pyrite); above Tinizong at approx. 2,470 m above sea level M .; old impassable tunnels	1338
Furnace pass	Grisons	Tschierv	Iron; above the Ofen Pass at Il Jalet at approx. 2,220 m above sea level. M.			location
Ova spin	Grisons	Zernez	Iron; several tunnels			location
Parsettens	Grisons	Tinizong-Rona, OT Tinizong	Manganese; on the Alp Parsettens in the Val d'Err; Open pit	1941	1945-11-12
Piatto della Miniera	Ticino	Quinto	Phosphorus, lead, silver; Opencast mine and three tunnels in Val Cadlimo at approx. 2,500 m above sea level. M .; largest phosphate deposit in Switzerland	1856	1910	Location location
Plantega	Grisons	Obersaxen , OT Plantega	Iron (limonite, magnetite); two tunnels with a length of approx. 240 m; below the road from Misanenga to Surcuolm on the Valatabach in the Plantegatobel	1600 (before)	1870	location
Plantor	Valais	Val d'Anniviers, OT Ayer	Nickel, cobalt, barium; also called Mine de l'Omen Roso ; at approx. 3,000 m above sea level M. probably the highest former mine in Switzerland; min. two short studs; Open pit slot	1836	1875
Plazbi	Grisons	Bergün / Bravuogn	Iron; Open pit at the Murtel da Fier at the back of the Val Plazbi; buried tunnels
Red grind	Grisons	Ferrera, OT Innerferrera	Iron; several tunnels (one of them 100 m long); The breakdown of the glacier ended in the middle of the 19th century	1820 (approx.)	1850 (um)
Rothörni	Grisons	Ferrera, OT Innerferrera	Iron; short excavation tunnel; on the left side of the Suretta valley	1820 (approx.)	1850 (approx.)
Rickli	St. Gallen	Uznach	Shale coal; on the mountainside between Uznach-Gauen-Kaltbrun; on the road halfway between Uznach and Gauen; Shale coal seams at 500 m and 520 m height; Thickness up to 3 m; Yield was up to 50,000 t / year; 1915 Trenching attempts east of "Rüti" at an altitude of 500 m		1911-03
Rosalia (stollen)	Grisons	Davos	At 1,620 m above sea level in the Schwabentobel, 107 m long
Riedhof	Zurich	Aeugst am Albis	Lignite and marl mine; at the foot of the Gottert , north of Müliberg; 6 tunnels (only one open; 1787 tunnels with a length of 200 m; 1794 second tunnels 40 m to the left of the first); 22–50 cm thickness; Mining periods 1787–1814 (500 m total length of tunnel, approx. 1000 t coal, 2–6 workers), 1917–1921 (1218 t coal, Götschihof tunnel, Riedhof tunnel, Gottert tunnel; up to 30 workers), 1942–1947 (up to 209 employees; Production 1942–1947: 31,608 t; tunnel system with a length of 7 km)	1786	1947	Location location
Rosswald	Valais	Termen , OT Rosswald	Stollen at "Im Staffel"
Sack ditch	Bern	Adelboden	Copper; 60 m long tunnel; Also dismantled around 1711	1543
Bex Salt Mine	Vaud	Bex , OT Le Bouillet	active salt mine with the possibility to visit; stollen	1864	active	location
Schmittner Bleiberg	Grisons	Schmitten	Lead, zinc; Dismantling to 2,546 m above sea level M., directly under the ridge that connects the Guggernell with the Tiaunhorn; Seasonally 10–12 men workforce	1447	1848
Schmorrasgrat	Grisons	Tinizong-Rona , OT Tinizong	Iron; on the ridge between the Ferreratal and the Oberhalbstein; Iron content of approx. 10% (up to 50% in places); Open pit
Rake hole	Grisons	Klosters-Serneus	Pyrite, goethite; also called Tirolerloch ; in Inner-Chinntobel at approx. 1500 m above sea level M.			location
Schwarzenenzmatt	Bern	Boltigen	Coal; Awarded in 1764	1764	1947
Schwarzsee Alp	Grisons	Klosters-Serneus	Pyrite; Tunnel a little above the Alp at approx. 1930 m above sea level. M.			location
Scurtaseo	Grisons	Poschiavo	Talc, nephrite; above the Punt – Scurtaseu – Alp Braita road in the lower part of Val Sassella at approx. 1,580 m above sea level. M .; 5 buried tunnels (longest tunnel was 33 m long)	1945 (around)	1966	location
Sellenbüren	Zurich	Sellenbüren	Coal; on the SW slope of the Reppischtal, west of the former Sellenbüren mill at 562 m above sea level. M .; 1867 tunnel with a length of almost 20 m (thickness up to 45 cm); two tunnels (up to 90 m long); Operating times: 1866–1887, 1917 (22.9) –1919 (production of 145 t), 1942-11-02	1866	1943-07	location
Silver mine near Schwanden	Glarus	Glarus	silver	1524	1526
Silberberg Davos	Grisons	Davos Monstein	Silver, lead, zinc, copper; Visitor mine; Hours of operation: 1477–1649, 1806–1848; Production: approx. 1,000 t lead and the same amount of zinc; Andreas tunnel (Erbstollen on the Tälibach, 112 m below the level of the Dalvazzer tunnel, 72 m below the Tiefenstollen, excavated 1813–1824); Tiefenstollen (Erbstollen); Auxiliary tunnel St. Michael (also called Langer Michael , excavated 1810–1828, 350 m long, 70 m below the Neuhoffnungsstollen); Geissstollen ( St.Daniel ), Schafstollen (also called Fuxloch , a little higher than Geissollen ); Mine (also St. Georgen called little higher than sheep tunnel ); Hüttenstollen on the footpath to Jenisberg (24 m above the level of the Neuhoffnungsstollen); New Hope Stollen; Dalvazzer tunnel (180 m long); 1588 St. Lorenz tunnel	1477	1848	location
Sonnenberg	Lucerne	Kriens	Coal; Main gallery; Littau tunnel; Operating times: 1839– ?, 1918–1920 (production: 7,843 t); 1941–1946 (production: 21,848 t)	1839-03	1946
Starlera	Grisons	Ferarra, OT Innerferrera	Iron, manganese; Tunnel above Innerferrera at approx. 2,400 m above sea level. M .; last dismantling phase 1918–1920	1830	1920-08
Adit near Delémont	law	Delémont	Metal ore mining (iron ore) under the city	1850 (um)
Stollen at Clef	Grisons	Poschiavo	Stollen between Vamperti and Clef
St. Christiana	Grisons	Schmitten	Lead, zinc?
St. Helena	Grisons	Schmitten	Lead, zinc?
St. Jacob	Grisons	Klosters-Serneus	Brown iron and manganese ore; west of the Casanna north slope at approx. 2300 m above sea level. M.	1600 (um)		location
St. Jacob	Grisons	Davos, OT Sertig	Galena, zinc blende; on the Mittaghorn in the Sertig Valley; at approx. 2200 m above sea level M .; two pits	1473	1536 (min.)
St. Johann	Grisons	Albula / Alvra, OT Alvaneu Bad	Galena; between Surava and Alvaneu Bad above the railway line by the lime kiln; a 40 m drivable tunnel
St. Jos	Grisons	Arosa
St. Lucas	Grisons	Schmitten	Lead, below To our women ; above St. Michael	1600 (um)
St. Luzi	Grisons	Schmitten	Iron; above Schmitten	1600 (um)
St. Magdalena	Grisons	Arosa
St. Margaretha	Grisons	Lenzerheide	Ferromagnetite; on the Parpaner Rothorn (south side)
St. Mary	Grisons	Arosa
St. Mary	Grisons	Albula / Alvra, OT Brienz	above Brienz
St. Michael	Grisons	Schmitten	Lead, below To our women ; above Schmitten; Setting in 1848		1848
St. Paul	Grisons	Albula / Alvra, OT Brienz	above Brienz
St. Peter	Grisons	Schmitten	Lead, zinc?
Stavelchod	Grisons	Zernez	Iron; in the Val del Botsch approximately at the intersection of the footpath with the altitude curve 2,400 m above sea level. M.
Surmin	Grisons	Bergün Filisur, OT Falein	Copper, pale ores; below Falein far above the RhB Albula line, in a steep rocky area below Surmin; several tunnels
Sut Fuina	Grisons	Ferrera , OT Ausserferrera	Iron; on the western flank of Piz Grisch, above Alp Sut Fuina; multiple tunnels; 250 m long iron ore seam; 0.5-0.8 m thick; Iron content on average 20%	17th century (early)
Tällihorn	Grisons	Davos, OT Sertig	Copper arsenic gravel; short, very old tunnel
Taminser Grüebli	Grisons	Tamins	Silver, copper; also called Silbergrüebli ; below the Silberegg in the rock horizon of the Golden Sun in the Tamins area			location
Tanatzhöhi	Grisons	Ferarra, OT Innerferrera	Iron, manganese; southwest of Splügen, between Tamboalp and Splügenstrasse; four buried mining areas (opencast mines)
Taspegn	Grisons	Zillis-Reischen	Lead, copper, iron, silver; also called Tospin ; north of the alpine huts of Taspegn, in the rock heads of Tschaingla; Opencast mining and tunnels; Operating times: 1807–1817, 1867–1872	17th century	1872
Tgant Ladrun	Grisons	Albula / Alvra, OT Tiefencastel	Magnetite, pyrite; in the forest above the cantonal road between Tiefenkastel and Savognin; Opencast mining as a dump in the forest; buried tunnels; overgrown ruins	19th century	20th century
Tiefentobel	Grisons	Bergün Filisur, OT Falein	Copper, lead, zinc; Tunnel between Schmitten and Wiesen (up to 20 m long); listed in Christian Gadmer's directory	1600 (um)
Tre Fontane	Ticino	Serpiano	Bitumen slate; The tunnel is still accessible for 20 m			location
Tschengel	Grisons	Felsberg	Pyrite, pale ore; 80 m long tunnel on Taminser Calanda at 1,210 m above sea level. M .; also called middle gruob ; Part of the Golden Sun mine	1856	1909
Lower Gruob	Grisons	Felsberg	120 m long deaf tunnel; Part of the Golden Sun mine	1814
Urbachtal	Bern	Innertkirchen	Iron; southwest of Innertkirchen; Iron content up to 34.12%; Exploratory tunnel with max. 9 m length	18th century
Val Schmuèr	Grisons	Breil / Brigels , OT Andiast / Rueun	Copper gravel, galena, pale ore, colored copper gravel (bornite); in the very narrow lower part of the Val Schmuer there are tunnels on both sides of the torrent; Mining since the early Middle Ages; last dismantling period: 1916–1918		1918
Val Sourda	Grisons	Bonaduz	Iron; in Val Sourda
Valdera	Grisons	Mustair	Iron; on the Ofenberg in Münstertal	1332
Valle di Lei	Grisons	Ferarra	Copper; 40 m long tunnel; on the left of the front Valle di Lei
Vieille Maison	Valais	Saint-Martin , OT Praz-Jean	Lead, zinc, silver; south of Praz-Jean in Val d'Herens on the west side of the valley; several tunnels	1895
White pit	Grisons	Arosa	in front of the inner lake
To Ferdinanden	Grisons	Schmitten	Lead, zinc?
To our women	Grisons	Schmitten	Lead, above St. Michael; above Schmitten; Setting in 1848
As a consolation	Grisons	Felsberg	Gold; Tunnel at Taminser Calanda ; possibly part of the Goldene Sonne mine
To the Holy Trinity	Grisons	Schmitten	Lead, zinc?

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1. ^ Giuseppe Pipino: Oro, miniere, storia: miscellanea di giacimentologia e storia mineraria italiana , 2003, 510 pages
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Iron ore mines in the Schams region
3. ↑ The Keller family in the Alvaschein mine
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Mining areas in the central Albula valley
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} mining sites in Poschiavo
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} mining areas in Oberhalbstein / Surses
7. ^ Pyrite pit near Aproz in the Mineralienatlas
8. ↑ ^{a b} mining areas around Sils
9. ↑ ^{a b c} Dr. E. Letsch: The Swiss Molasse Coal East of the Reuss , in Contributions to the Geological Map of Switzerland , Delivery I, 1899 '
10. ↑ ^{a b} The Keller family in the coal mines near Elgg
11. ↑ ^{a b c} mining areas in the upper Albula valley
12. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} Mineral sites in Switzerland
13. ↑ Restaurant Bergwerk Buchs
14. ↑ ^{a b} mine Birmensdorf
15. ↑ Echeltswil-Goldingen mine
16. ↑ Herdern mine
17. ↑ Mine in Val Minor (Bernina)
18. ↑ ^{a b} Locations in Graubünden
19. ↑ Excursion to the Bahamas from Chamoson
20. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Miner No. 62
21. ↑ Val Punteglias mine
22. ↑ Bohner tunnel in the Buhalde in Endingen
23. ↑ ^{a b} asphalt mines near Neuchâtel
24. ↑ The Keller family in the Cava da Metall and Plantega pits
25. ↑ Buffalora iron ore mine on the Ofen Pass
26. ↑ ^{a b} mining areas on the Bernina Pass
27. ↑ ^{a b} The Keller family in the Cava da Metall and Plantega pits
28. ↑ The Keller family in the Cava Sul mine
29. ↑ ^{a b} Chandoline conveyor tunnel Stalder
30. ^ The Sennhof coal mine in Tösstal near Winterthur
31. ↑ ^{a b c d} Pit Golden Sun at Calanda near Felsberg
32. ↑ ^{a b c} lead-zinc ore mine Comtesse
33. ↑ ^{a b c} pits in Ticino
34. ↑ The Keller family in the Costa mine
35. ↑ ^{a b c d} mining areas are in the Prättigau
36. ↑ ^{a b c} Emil Stöhr: The copper ores on the Mürtschenalp and the mining carried out on them
37. ↑ ^{a b c} Geological high-altitude tour in the Murg Valley (Tour 2): On the trail of the miners
38. ↑ ^{a b c} Mürtschenalp copper mining
39. ↑ Berg- und Hüttenmännische Zeitung: With special consideration of mineralogy and geology, Volume 19, 1860
40. ↑ ^{a b} [1]
41. ↑ ore mining 1944–1945 on Falotta
42. ^ Gypsum factory and Felsenau mine - e-periodica
43. ↑ Anthracite mine Ferden
44. ↑ ^{a b c} Iron-manganese ore mines in the Schams region
45. ↑ ^{a b c} Mining sites on Calanda
46. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Paul Fravi: Mines and mining in Graubünden in Bündner Monatsblatt - magazine for Graubünden history, local history and folklore , Chur, July / August 1978, No. 7/8
47. ↑ Lead and zinc mine near Goppenstein
48. ↑ Lead-zinc mine near Goppenstein
49. ^ Lead mine Goppenstein
50. ↑ Helvetica Minaria 14b 1994
51. ↑ Gondo gold mine
52. ↑ La mine de la grone
53. ↑ Hinterrhein ore mines
54. ↑ ^{a b c} Non-ferrous metal ore mines in the Schams region
55. ↑ Ursera mine in the Mineralienatlas
56. ↑ ^{a b} Guppen iron mine near Schwanden / Glarus. 1989 and 1999
57. ↑ Pit plan, main pit and ore bed
58. ↑ Herznach mine
59. ↑ The Keller family in the molasse coal mine on the Hohen Rone, Gottschalkenberg Kt. Zug, 1979, 1981, 1985 and 2010/11
60. ↑ ^{a b c d} Hans Boesch: Mining on the Ofen Pass north of the pass summit in the annual report of the Natural Research Society of Graubünden , Volume 74 (1935-1936)
61. ↑ Kaltenberg mine in the Mineralienatlas
62. ↑ Kaltenberg mine at mindat.org
63. ↑ Excursion to the Kaltenberg mine
64. ↑ Käpfnach mine
65. ↑ Kienberg mine
66. ^ Coal mine near Collonges in the Mineralienatlas
67. ^ Coal mine near Savièse in the Mineralienatlas
68. ↑ Mine de Crettaz in Mineralienatlas
69. ^ Zinal copper mine
70. ↑ The Keller family in the La Lée mine
71. ↑ Swiss Society for Historical Mining Research: On the way in the land of plenty
72. ↑ Lengenbach mine in the Mineralienatlas
73. ^ Magnetic gravel pit Medeglia in Ticino
74. ^ Mine Comtesse in the Mineralienatlas
75. ↑ Mine de Baicolliou in Mineralienatlas
76. ↑ Mine de Biolec in Mineralienatlas
77. ↑ ^{a b} Pétolliou mine
78. ↑ Mine de Blesec in Mineralienatlas
79. ↑ Mine de Collioux inférieur in Mineralienatlas
80. ↑ Mine de Cruitaz in Mineralienatlas
81. ↑ Mine de Garboula in Mineralienatlas
82. ^ Mine de Gosan in the Mineralienatlas
83. ↑ Mine de Gollyre in Mineralienatlas
84. ^ Mine de Grand-Praz in the Mineralienatlas
85. ^ Mine de Grand-Praz on mindat.org
86. ^ Iron mining near Martigny in the mineral atlas
87. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Stefan Ansermet: Le Mont Chemin , Editions Saint-Augustin, 2001, 302 pages
88. ↑ Mine de Crettaz in Mineralienatlas
89. ↑ Mine de Crettaz in Mineralienatlas
90. ^ Mine de la Lapine Rousse on mindat.org
91. ↑ Mine de Peiloz in Mineralienatlas
92. ↑ Mine de Pinsec in Mineralienatlas
93. ↑ Mine de Satarma in Mineralienatlas
94. ↑ Mine de Schonec on mindat.org
95. ↑ Mine de Satarma in Mineralienatlas
96. ↑ Les Trappistes galena mine near Martigny
97. ↑ La mine des Trappistes in the daily newspaper Le Rhône , edition 13 September 1930
98. ^ Mine de Termino in the Mineralienatlas
99. ↑ Mine de Tounot in Mineralienatlas
100. ^ Mine de Waschsee in the Mineralienatlas
101. ↑ Mine de Zirouc on mindat.org
102. ↑ Mine of Bourrimonts in Mineralienatlas
103. ↑ Mine des Moulins in the Mineral Atlas
104. ^ Col des Mines, Vacheret lead-zinc mine near Verbier
105. ↑ Mine fusette in Mineralienatlas
106. ↑ ^{a b c} Minaria-Helvetica-No. 26th
107. ^ Mine Robert in the Mineralienatlas
108. ↑ Vernayaz-Salvan
109. ↑ Mines de Vens
110. ↑ Mines des grandes ferondes
111. ^ Les Planches Mine (Grandes Féronde Mines), Mont Chemin, Martigny, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
112. ↑ Mines du Goilly
113. ↑ Mine in Val Minor (Bernina)
114. ^ Barbarastollen and Johannesstollen
115. ↑ Mine at Mot Madlain
116. ↑ The tunnels at Mot Madlain
117. ↑ ore mining 1941–1945 on Parsettens
118. ↑ Obersaxen: Affeier and Platenga
119. ↑ Plantorin Mine
120. ^ Riedhof mine
121. ^ Riedhof coal mine brochure
122. ↑ Sackgrabe mine
123. ^ Bleyberg Schmitten
124. ↑ Minaria Helvetica No. 28, 2008
125. ↑ Sellenbüren coal mine
126. ^ Mining in the canton of Graubünden
127. ↑ Silberberg Davos
128. ↑ Sonnenberg mine in Minaria Helvetica 21a , 2001
129. ↑ ^{a b} Mining areas in the Davos landscape
130. ↑ [The Keller family in the Serpiano slate mine]
131. ↑ Mine in the Urbachtal
132. ^ Mining areas in the Bündner Oberland / Surselva
133. ↑ KML file . Retrieved August 18, 2019.
134. ↑ GPX file . Retrieved August 18, 2019.

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