(SANITIZED)URANIUM MINES (RE PRODUCTION, WORK NORMS, PLANT DESCRIPTION, MANPOWER & DEPOSITS)(SANITIZED)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A034500110001-6
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 16, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORtViATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Seca. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person Is prohibited by law.
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COUNTRY Hungary
DATE OF
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16 MAY 1957 25X1
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SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE
Hungary. The report contains information on
report on uranium m42i4g in
1. Headquarters of the Bauxite Mining Corporation (Bauxit Banya VAllalat)
which controls all uranium mining in Hungary (sketch attached).
2. Recent uranium-ore discoveries in the Vertes and Mecsek mountain regions,
and in Balatonftred on the western shore of the Balaton Lake.
3. Uranium mining in the P4cs-Bakonya area:
a. location of administration buildings, partly guarded by Soviet troops,
partly by AVH,
b. Soviet administrative and technical staff,
c. labor force,
d. daily production output,
e, average uranium content of the ore mined,
f. geological features,
g. work norms,
h. shaft layout (sketch attached),
i. explosives and drillings.
S E C R E T
Uranium Mines DATE DISTR.
STATE I X (ARMY I ]{NAVY lx AIR
(Nob: Washington distribution indicated by "X"; Field distribution by
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1. All uranium minin ; in HUNGARY is controlled by the
Bauxite i.Iinin Corporation (BAUXIT BANYA VALLALtT ), PECS.
A okctch of the headquarters buiidin^;s will be found at
Ap.;:,cndi., A.
Recent Uranium Ore Diocovcrics.
2.
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a) Although the areas VIIiTES and MECSEK have been
known for conic ti-i:ie to be very rich in uranium
ore, =eol.o,;iczl tests did not start until 1952
and cA,norimental dr i l li n still continues.
b) A ver~;y rich vein of ur pion ore (8%) c.s
discovered at BAUTONITIRED and o CDcrimental
drillin ; was started there bctwocn June and July
1956. Plans were iosuod in August 1956 for the
establishment of amino there and at the same time
workers were drafted from PECS BAKONYA to
BALD.TOILFITRED.
PEC3 Bt=:KONY.'.,
a)
Location and Buildin~*, The mana;cracnt and
administrative bui.ldin 0.0 which are z uarded
partly by Russian troo_}s and Partly by the A.V, Hb
are situated in a small villa ;c 800 metres south-
west of BAKONYA, which is 12 k ; . north of PECS.
The General Manarcr of the mine is a Russian
(n.^.r,,c not )criavn) and there arc teams of Russian
engineers, technicians, goolo,-ists and production
exports.
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b) Nuriber of Worlkcr :, The total number of workers
is 800 in three shifts of cir,ht hours
each.
c) Production Ratc. A total of 11-2 railway wagons
of ore a day arc brou.ht up to the surface,
d) ()uali ty. The avcre,~:;c uranium content of the ore
mined is 3~ - 4%,
o) Sorting of Ore. i 11 ore mined is hrou ht to
the surf.: cc and scl.ccction i s dare at the rainhaft entr::.ncc where trucks coring to the surf- co
and re isterii a low uranium content arc dumped
(further do toils not known).
f) Gcolo^; . i) The urc.niuii ore looks like ordinary
miner al sec. it and is d oocribod as
glistcnin;, very hard and a g royish-
bluish colour.
ii) Generally s.7cakinf, the uraniiza ore
veins arc horizontal and the avera^o
thickness of the vein 1s 80-00 ems.
with a maximuri of 11.2 metros.
Normo of Work, T e nc1'zn for O Dc 3-;man tc ar,1 at the
face wor'kkcin by r. ch nc is 100 metres per month,
whereas a team of 8 workinL with ;pick and shovel
arc rc quircd to fulfil a norm of 50 metres per month.
h) 'I"'.-Out of Shafts, etc. Soo B.
Miereas sac roes are in continuous use in shafts S.2
3,3 and 3.4, shaft S.1 is timykod by nick and shovel.
i) M t plosivos and
i) Two to three b1:.otin;s are made
auri.n,, each 8-hour shift -in each of
tine 4 ehw.?ts Caacrr ;es are of
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ii) Thrc.; to four h::-o. of d-.-na-.,,,,ito or
nitro-~^l,cc:rz.ne are roa ired to blast
an area 1 metres deep by 2.2 metres
high. To blast the same area of soft
ore 10-15 1 ;z. of Paxit arc used.
In 'oth cases 8-9 d.ri ink holes arc
made to rc:cc .ve the ch:r ;e. For
areas of 3 mctree depth by 2.20
u:ctres 10--17. olca arc drilled
a;d 25 k,-"s. of Pa;;a.t a:-,c used for soft
,:"round w',orecs 7-8 ks's. of d naa Lte
or nitro- ;I ccrine are used for hard
;round,
iii) 0win' to the ha-r. dness of the ore the
dri:..1in ; 'he de of the machines are
ma do o:.= diamonds and wol.fraiti carbide.
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PECS BA1111ONYA Uranium
Dia.:ran: of SHP FITS
(2,121-1956).
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Main Shaft
Entrance /`. X30
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Note 3.
a ATT s'rafts are on the
same n1ane as shaft 3.1
i.e. horizontal
b) Wort, w::s in .:ro.-ross in
August 1956 to continue
shaft S.3 with a view to
joining u.,p with a shaft
coming from the SZt3LLOS
'.-vino. The area between
BAKONYA and 3Z~3LLtl3 is
thou-,ht to contain a
;-)articuk r1y rich uranium
ore vein.
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