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Slovakia, Košice Region

Gelnica mining town

Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also reported: siderite, tetrahedrite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

Gemer copper-silver town chartered in the 1200s, veins worked for seven centuries

Documented in Slovak mining museum literature; dumps dot the valley.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

old adits

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