Flint mining

Flint mining is the process of extracting flint from underground. Flint mines can be as simple as a pit on the surface or an area of quarrying, or it may refer to a series of shafts and tunnels used to extract flint.

Flint has been mined since the Palaeolithic, but was most common during the Neolithic. Flint was especially valued in prehistory for its use in weaponry. Although flint is not as valuable a resource in modern times, a few flint mines remain in operation even today (for example at Miorcani).

List of flint mines

Austria

"Am Feuerstein" in Kleinwalsertal (Vorarlberg) Belgium The Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes Jandrain-Jandrenouille (Orp-Jauche) Denmark Hov (near Thisted) Egypt Taramsa (near Qena) Nazlet Khater (Upper Egypt) France located between Caen and Falaise, Calvados

Le Grand-Pressigny Germany Lengfeld (near Bad Abbach). near Abensberg Asch (near Blaubeuren) Baiersdorf (near Essing) Kleinkems in Efringen-Kirchen Lousberg in Aachen Bottmersdorf Osterberg On Rügen island there are the exposed flint fields between Mukran and Prora Schernfeld Great Britain Beer (Devon) Blackpatch, West Sussex Grimes Graves near Brandon, close to the border between Norfolk and Suffolk Cissbury Church Hill, West Sussex Harrow Hill, West Sussex Penmaenmawr in Conwy County Borough, Wales Hungary Tata Szentgál Netherlands

Pakistan Flint quarries in Rohri Hills and Ongar (Sindh province) Poland Krzemionki Wierzbica "Zele" Orońsko II Skałecznica Duża Korycizna Sąspów Krunio Borownia Bębło Rybniki Romania Outside the village of Miorcani, there is a modern flint mine Piatra Tomii near the village of Răcătau Spain Casa Montero Switzerland between Olten and Wangen bei Olten Lägern between Wettingen and Regensberg Löwenburg (Pleigne, Canton of Jura) USA Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument

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