General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Teplice
Cadastre: Jeníkov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0232, 02323
Geological region: Most Basin
Technical object: guarry
ID : 1392

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: A large abandoned quarry at Jeníkov, west of Teplice, in the Tertiary Most Basin. A 15 m thick body of silicified Upper Cretaceous (Middle Turonian) sandstone with basal conglomerate was exploited as quartzite for the production of refractory materials. The body is underlain by Carboniferous rhyolite and overlain by Upper Turonian calcareous claystones and clayey limestones. The sandstone is formed by 99 % silica. Crystals of barite and pyrite are present on joint planes together with rare sphalerite, galena and fluorite.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - turon
Subject: petrology, economic geology, mineralogy, stratigraphy, mining and mining impacts

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Bezvodová B., 1985: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR l:25 000 list 02323 Duchcov.- Ústřední ústav geologický Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Godány Josef, 23.10.02
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 23.01.05

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1392 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1392.

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