Source document GEOTOUR 2018 : book of abstracts : international conference on geotourism, minig tourism, sustainable development and environmental protection. Pp. 32. - Košice : Technical University of Košice, 2018 ; International Conference on Geotourism, Mining Tourism, Sustainable Development, and Environmental Protection GEOTOUR 2018 Keywords vodné nádrže - water reservoirs   rekonštrukcie   baníctvo - mining   geoturizmus - geotourism   atraktivita - attractiveness   LanguageEnglish CountrySlovak Republic systematics 55 AnnotationDue to the specific geological conditions of the formation of individual geomorphological units, the Slovak Republic has a relatively large number of different deposits of precious metals, ore- and non-ferrous raw materials. A special position in this sense have the deposits of precious metals and polymetallic ores, which were already in the Middle Ages subject to the interest of developed mining companies, prospering from the mining of gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, zinc, etc. The famous and rich history of several regions today reminds only abandoned mining works, reliefs influenced by mining activities, dump sites (waste banks), and many preserved technical facilities, mining operations plants or mining water management systems. These are all ideal prerequisites for the development of a new type of tourism - mining tourism (montanistics), tourism focused solely on locating the sites, usually only with abolished mining activity, with many mining, metallurgical and processing facilities and wit many well-preserved artifacts reminiscent their history. The aim of the article is to present the results of surveys focused on mapping, modeling and visualization of terrain relics after any form of mining activity. By backward transforming the image of old mining works from historical mining maps into digital 3D models, it is also possible for the lay public to better understand the complexity of mining works, their geometry, complex internal construction and organization. Many surface forms of the mining relief have long been reshaped by erosion and further anthropogenic activity, water reservoirs have been destroyed, waste dumps and water channels after completion of their task in time and space almost disappeared. Virtual reconstruction of these objects is a unique opportunity to imagine them in the original state and to obtain new information using scientific methods to derive and model their original geometric characteristics such as size, volume, depth, capacity, etc. The long-forgotten information on the shape and function of the often important or unique technical objects are, after adding actual photographic documentation and archival information as the ideal source for creating of local attractions of mining tourism or geotourism in general. The right choice of presentation of these sites and their appropriate visualization with the help of modern digital cartography tools enables their further broad application in the education and creation of more complex products of mining tourism and geotourism. Digital processing materials and their virtual 3D presentation have the ability to engage the young generation as well. Models are gradually becoming part of permanent exhibitions in museums and exposures that present attractions of a similar focus, and secondarily helps to develop of thematically oriented types of tourism