Velké Tresné

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Velké Tresné Area on the Map

Location: Kraj Vysočina, okres Žďár nad Sázavou

Brief history

Graphite was found here in 1854 and mining reached its peak in the 1880s. After the World War I operations here stopped. Mining resumed in 1954 and continued until 1967, when it finally ended. There were two shafts, four chimneys and one adit to a depth of 120 m. 224 kt of raw material were extracted. The mining area was 120.6 hectares and was closed in 1984.

Type of activity

  • Underground graphite mining using wall slicing and sub-level walling.
  • Waste stored at a tailings impoundment and a dump.

Present-day conditions

The mine was dismantled and the surface complex handed over to the new owner for machining production.

The Environmental Problem and its Solution

Mine Water

Contaminated water flows freely from the water adit into the Tresenský stream.
 
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