General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Most
Cadastre: Černčice u Hor. Jiřetína
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)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1379

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: A roadside exposure of subvolcanic breccia at Černčice near Horní Jiřetín. The rock of Tertiary age contains abundant fragments of crystalline rocks. The matrix is composed of volcanigenic material with amphibole columns. This body lies on an E-W structure with active Miocene-Pliocene volcanism.
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: stratigraphy, volcanology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: volcaniclastic deposits
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: breccia, volcaniclastic deposits

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

Mlčoch B. a kol., 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 07.10.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1379 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1379.

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