General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Most
Cadastre: Fláje
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0231, 02312
Geological region: Krušné hory Mts. crystalline complex; Karlovy Vary Massif (SW part)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 1371

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: A large abandoned quarry at Fláje, N of Litvínov. Until 1962, the quarry exploited medium-grained biotite granite of the Fláje massif, pertaining to the Older Intrusive Complex. The rock is hypidiomorphic, composed of K-feldspar, plagioclase, quartz and biotite, and locally fractured. It was used for the construction of the Fláje Dam.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory Mts. Pluton
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: economic geology, petrology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, characteristic rock
Genesis: magmatic, anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock: granite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Jiránek J. a kol., 1989: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR l:25000 list O2312,02134 Český Jiřetín.- Ústřední ústav geologický Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Mlčoch Bedřich, 09.10.02

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1371 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1371.

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