General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Sokolov
Cadastre: Loket
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1123, 11231
Geological region: Teplá, Tachov, Smrčiny, Svatava, Cheb-Dyleň a Slavkov crystalline complexes, Thüringen - Vogtland Palaeozoic; Karlovy Vary Massif (SE part)
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1265

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Outcrops in a road cut expose a pophyritic biotite granite with typical K-feldspar twins (Karlsbad Twins). Granite belongs to the Karlovy Vary pluton. Mineralogically significant.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory Mts. Pluton
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: mineralogy, petrology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock, mineral
Genesis: magmatic
Rock: granite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Slavkovský les
Part of the Geopark: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: estates

References

Táborský Z., 1997: Challenges to chemical geology 97. - Field Trip Guide, 1997, str. 22, ČGÚ. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Dašková Jiřina, 23.11.01
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 22.06.07, Gürtlerová Pavla 01.08.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1265 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1265.

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