General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Děčín
Cadastre: Svor
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0224, 02242
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Jizera Cretaceous & Cretaceous of the lower section of Labe River, Ploučnice, Kamenice and the Děčínský Sněžník Mt.
Technical object: guarry
ID : 1871

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: An elevation surrounded by outcrops of Cretaceous quartzose sandstone of the Březno Formation and a body of basaltic trachyandesite in its axial part. A quarry after trachyandesite exploitation and numerous prospection pits and trenches, probably used for iron ore extraction (ferruginized volcanic rock). A number of historical inscriptions in sandstone rock wall.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Dispersed Alcalic volcanits
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman, kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén)
Subject: volcanology, geomorphology, mining and mining impacts, economic geology, structural geology, stratigraphy, petrology

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Lužické hory
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Valečka J. a kolektiv autorů, 2000: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 02242 Dolní Podluží.- Český geologický ústav Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Valečka Jaroslav, 14.01.04
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 12.11.04, Adamovič Jiří 17.02.07

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1871 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1871.

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