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Medzev, Kosice, Slovakia


Alternative Names:Mecenzef, Mecenzéf, Medzev, Medzeva, Nizni Medzev, Nizny Medzev, Nižní Medzev, Nižný Medzev, Unter-Metzenseifen, mdzb, mdzw, mei ze fu, Медзев, מדזב, مدزو, 梅澤夫
Type:Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat Locality:Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia
Mindat.org Region:Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia
Region:Kosice, Slovakia
Latitude:48° 42' 1" N
Longitude:20° 53' 37" E
Lat/Long (dec):48.70041,20.89367
Köppen climate type:Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate
Population:3,667 (2012)
Mindat Feature ID:724159
Long-form Identifier:mindat:2:6:724159:8
GUID:0
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LocalityLatitudeLongitudeDistanceBearing
Mount Strážny, Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 41' 19" N20° 53' 33" E1.3km (0.8 miles)
Andreas vein, Vyšný Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 41' 58" N20° 54' 52" E1.5km (1.0 miles)
Golát uranium occurrence, Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 41' 46" N20° 51' 38" E2.5km (1.5 miles)
Šugov copper occurrence, Hačava, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 40' 23" N20° 52' 31" E3.3km (2.1 miles)
Laura-Berta vein, Vyšný Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 43' 43" N20° 54' 33" E3.4km (2.1 miles)
Luciabaňa Mine, Vyšný Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 43' 30" N20° 55' 33" E3.6km (2.3 miles)
Nanebovstúpenie (Christi-Himmelfahrt) vein, Vyšný Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 43' 56" N20° 52' 54" E3.7km (2.3 miles)
Vysoké čelo vein, Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 43' 49" N20° 52' 22" E3.7km (2.3 miles)
Pluto vein, Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 43' 54" N20° 52' 41" E3.7km (2.3 miles)
Piverský potok (Pivering) vein, Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 43' 33" N20° 51' 6" E4.2km (2.6 miles)
Pri kríži (Pfaresgapel) vein, Vyšný Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 44' 17" N20° 53' 20" E4.2km (2.6 miles)
Lucia vein-east section, Jasov, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 43' 40" N20° 56' 6" E4.3km (2.7 miles)
Žalobka vein, Hačava, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 42' 2" N20° 50' 3" E4.4km (2.7 miles)
Michal vein, Zábava Mines, Jasov, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 43' 27" N20° 56' 46" E4.7km (2.9 miles)
Zábava Mines, Jasov, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 43' 24" N20° 56' 49" E4.7km (2.9 miles)
Fructuozus vein, Zábava Mines, Jasov, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 43' 57" N20° 56' 31" E5.0km (3.1 miles)
Kobaltová vein, Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 44' 28" N20° 51' 44" E5.1km (3.2 miles)
Porče vein, Štós, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 43' 36" N20° 50' 6" E5.2km (3.2 miles)
Prvá vein, Hačava, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 42' 5" N20° 49' 10" E5.4km (3.4 miles)
Zadné Porče vein, Štós, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 43' 11" N20° 49' 29" E5.5km (3.4 miles)
Oriešok vein, Vyšný Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 44' 53" N20° 52' 4" E5.6km (3.5 miles)
Fortuna Mine, Poproč, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 43' 3" N20° 58' 7" E5.8km (3.6 miles)
Hummel vein, Vyšný Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 45' 12" N20° 54' 3" E5.9km (3.7 miles)
Podložná vein, Vyšný Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 45' 17" N20° 54' 6" E6.1km (3.8 miles)
Čierna Moldava veins, Hačava, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 41' 53" N20° 48' 38" E6.1km (3.8 miles)
Jób-Rozália vein, Jasov, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 41' 19" N20° 58' 38" E6.3km (3.9 miles)
Fichtenhübel deposit-eastern section, Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 44' 52" N20° 50' 38" E6.4km (4.0 miles)
Oriešková vein, Vyšný Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 45' 20" N20° 52' 1" E6.4km (4.0 miles)
Lazy antimony prospect, Poproč, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 44' 13" N20° 57' 48" E6.5km (4.1 miles)
Jasovská Cave, Jasov, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia48° 40' 37" N20° 58' 36" E6.6km (4.1 miles)
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Dumps of the Fortuna Mine

Fortuna Mine, Poproč, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia
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View of the Medzev mining area, ca. 1925.

Luciabaňa Mine, Vyšný Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia
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Oriešková Adit

Oriešková vein, Vyšný Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia
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Dumps of the Fortuna Mine

Fortuna Mine, Poproč, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia
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View of the Medzev mining area, ca. 1925.

Luciabaňa Mine, Vyšný Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia
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Oriešková Adit

Oriešková vein, Vyšný Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia
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Dumps of the Fortuna Mine

Fortuna Mine, Poproč, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia
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View of the Medzev mining area, ca. 1925.

Luciabaňa Mine, Vyšný Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia

Minerals recorded nearby (within 6.6 km)

Rock types recorded nearby (within 6.6 km)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

RegionType
CzechoslovakiaCountry
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
Carpathian Mountains, Eurasian PlateVolcanic Arc
EuropeContinent
Carpathian Mountains, EuropeMountain Range
SlovakiaCountry
Košice Region, SlovakiaRegion
Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, SlovakiaDistrict
Medzev, Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, SlovakiaMunicipality
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