General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Most
Cadastre: Meziboří u Litvínova
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0231, 02314
Geological region: Krušné hory Mts. crystalline complex; Karlovy Vary Massif (SW part)
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 1378

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: An abandoned quarry at Meziboří, on the left bank of the Divoký potok Stream, Litvínov area. The quarry was opened in a body of sodalite phonolite of Tertiary age (Oligocene to Miocene), several tens of metres across. The rock shows columnar to platy jointing. Contact with the host crystalline rocks is also exposed.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory and Smrčiny crystalline complexes, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Dispersed Alcalic volcanits
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén), proterozoikum
Subject: geology, stratigraphy, petrology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: phonolite

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: waste disposal, estates

References

Mlčoch B., 1990: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1:25 000 list 02314 Litvínov.- Ústřední ústav geologický Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Mlčoch Bedřich, 14.10.02
Updated by: Mlčoch Bedřich 08.10.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1378 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-24]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1378.

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