General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Děčín
Cadastre: Přední Lhota u Těchlovic
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0241, 02412
Geological region: Neovolcanics of the České středohoří Mts.
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 129

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Prominent landmark with a castle ruin on its summit. The hill consists of products of repeated intrusions of a nepheline basanite and sodalite tephrite. These rocks are cut by a dyke of camptonite. Petrologically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Basins under Krušné hory Mts.and adjoining volcanic uplands
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén)
Subject: volcanology, geomorphology, petrology, botany
Geological phenomenon: intrusion, scree field, stony organ
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: basanite, tephrite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - České středohoří
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Cajz, V. et al. (in prep.): Vysvětlivky a základní geologická mapa ČR 1 : 25 000, list 02-412 Povrly.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Cajz Vladimír, 09.11.94
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 20.08.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 129 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/129.

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