General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Karlovy Vary
Cadastre: Tisová
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1141, 11412
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)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 1269

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry where medium-grained eclogite was exploited. It is slightly foliated and contains omphacitic pyroxene, garnet and hornblende. Petrologically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Mariánské Lázně complex
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: petrology
Geological phenomenon: scree, characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: eclogite

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) - Slavkovský les
Part of the Geopark: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Táborský Z., 1997: Challenges to chemical geology ´97. - Field Trip Guide, 1997, str. 25 - 26, ČGÚ. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Dašková Jiřina, 27.11.01
Updated by: Žáček Vladimír 14.06.10, Gürtlerová Pavla 27.07.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1269 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-23]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1269.

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