General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Teplice
Cadastre: Kučlín
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0234, 02341
Geological region: Most Basin
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1253

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Small quarry on the hill summit exposing a relic of volcanic complex of the České Středohoří Mts. It lies on the Upper Cretaceous marine sediments, mainly diatomites which are highly fossiliferous. Fossil flora finds indicate an age of the Upper Eocene up to the Lower Oligocene. Paleontologically and geologically 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: paleontology, geology, volcanology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: diatomite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve
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 and Biological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: collection

References

Fejfar O., Kvaček Z., 1993: Excursion Nr. 3, Tertiary basins in Northwest Bohemia. - Paläontologische Gesellschaft, 63. Jahrestagung, 21. - 26. September 1993 in Prague, str. 13. Univerzita Karlova, Česká geologická společnost Praha. Mlčoch B. a kolektiv autorů, 1994: Geologicky významné lokality v severočeské pánvi a jejím okolí, chráněné nebo navržené k ochraně.- Český geologický ústav Praha. Kopecký L. a kolektiv autorů, 1990: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 02341 Bílina.- Ústřední ústav geologický Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Dašková Jiřina, 13.11.01
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 01.12.04

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1253 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-19]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1253.

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