General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Karlovy Vary
Cadastre: Hory
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1121, 11213
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 : 1266

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Regolith overlying Krušné Hory pluton. In the regolith typical twins of K-feldspar can be found. They are separated by weathering from a primary granite. Primary twin occurences are nearby in the road cut.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory Mts. Pluton
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: mineralogy
Geological phenomenon: mineral
Genesis: magmatic
Rock: granite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of the Geopark: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

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: 1266 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1266.

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