General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Děčín
Cadastre: Jiřetín pod Jedlovou
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0224, 02242
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Jizera Cretaceous & Cretaceous of the lower section of Labe River, Ploučnice, Kamenice and the Děčínský Sněžník Mt.
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
Technical object: guarry
ID : 1870

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: A large abandoned quarry in hard quartzose sandstones of the Březno Formation (Cretaceous, Coniacian). Trace fossils of the ichnogenus Thalassinoides are locally frequent.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman
Subject: sedimentology, paleontology, mining and mining impacts, economic geology, stratigraphy, botany
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Lužické hory
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Valečka J. a kolektiv autorů, 2000: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 02242 Dolní Podluží.- Český geologický ústav Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Valečka Jaroslav, 13.01.04
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 12.11.04, Adamovič Jiří 17.02.07

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1870 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-28]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1870.

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