General Characteristics
County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Ústí nad Labem
Cadastre: Dobkovičky
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0241, 02413
Geological region: Neovolcanics of the České středohoří Mts.
Technical object: guarry
ID : 1330
Geology
Short characteristics of the site: Active quarry which exploits rocks of three lava flows of olivine basalts. Some flows are remarkable, because they contain inclusion of spinel peridotites (so called olivine balls). Crushed rocks are utilized as high- quality aggregate. 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: mineralogy, mining and mining impacts, volcanology
Geological phenomenon: vulcano, mineral, lava flow
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: basalt
Territorial conservation
Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - České středohoří
Conflicts of interests: ground instability
References
Cajz, V. (edit.), 1996: České středohoří. Geologická a přírodovědná mapa 1:100000. - Str. 51, ČGÚ, Praha; Radoň, M. (2010): Historické a významné mineralogické lokality Českého středohoří a jejich současný stav, Sborník abstraktů a exkurzní průvodce 2. vulkanického semináře Odborné skupiny vulkanologie české geologické společnosti, 4. - 6. 10 2010, Teplice, regionální muzeum v Teplicích, 84; Radoň, M. (1995): Nová lokalita minerálů u obce Dobkovičky v Českém Středohoří, Zpr. stud. Reg. muz. v Teplicích, 19, 17-21, Teplice. Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by: Dašková Jiřina, 28.05.02
Updated by: Vajskebrová Markéta 08.03.22 Citation
The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1330 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-03-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1330. Location in map:
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