Mittersill
Europe's main tungsten mine, inside the EU.
- Material
- Tungsten
- Stage
- Mine
- Place
- Salzburg, Austria
- Operator
- Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten
- Coordinates
- 47.23° N, 12.49° E
Seen from orbit
- Heat
- 0 of the last 7 days and 0 of the last 30 had furnace-hot pixels within 6 km (NASA FIRMS).
- Surface temperature
- Landsat, 16 Sep 2026: typical ground 18.8 °C; 6.6 ha more than 8 °C warmer than the land around it; hottest spot 11.5 °C above it.
- Radar
- Latest Sentinel-1 radar picture: 28 Oct 2026.
Signals show activity, not output. They are measured automatically and can be affected by weather, terrain and fires.
Facts
- Largest scheelite deposit in Europe
- About 500,000 t of ore a year, giving roughly 1,200 t of tungsten oxide (2010–2017 data)
- Austria mined about 800 t of tungsten in 2024 (USGS)