General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Děčín
Cadastre: Jiřetín p. Jedlovou
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0224, 02242
Geological region: Lužice Pluton and Krkonoše-Jizera Massif; Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline complex
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: gallery, mine
ID : 1873

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline. Exploration gallery from the end of the 18th century. It was driven in contactly metamorphosed biotitic phyllite and metagreywacke with quartz and calcite veins. Silver-bearing galena, chalcopyrite, sphalerite and pyrite with some secondary minerals are present in veins. The gallery is open for public.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Krkonoše-Jizerské hory Mts.crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: petrology, mineralogy, mining and mining impacts
Geological phenomenon: ore mineralization
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: phyllite, greywacke

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: tourism

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, 20.01.04
Updated by: Mrázová Štěpánka 22.10.09, Vajskebrová Markéta 23.05.19

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1873 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-07]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1873.

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