General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Děčín
Cadastre: Mikulášovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0222, 02223
Geological region: Lužice Pluton and Krkonoše-Jizera Massif; Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline complex
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1921

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline. Abandoned quarry with magmatites of the Lusatian region. Dolerite is exposed in this quarry (by sme authors also called diabas, norite and gabbronorite). This body is 800 m long and 45 m wide. Its southern contact with granodiorite is tectonic and the rock is crushed along this fracture zone.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Magmatites of Lugicum
Stratigraphy: kadomské stáří vyvřelin
Subject: petrology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: dyke
Genesis: magmatic
Rock: dolerite (diabas), granitoid

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Opletal M. a kolektiv autorů, 2001: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 02223 Mikulášovice a list 02214 Dolní Poustevna.- Český geologický ústav Praha.; https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolerit

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Opletal Mojmír, Fediuk Ferry,Nývlt D., 31.12.01
Updated by: Vajskebrová Markéta 25.10.17, Gürtlerová Pavla 16.11.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1921 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1921.

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