General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Děčín
Cadastre: Doubice, Hora
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0222, 02223
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Jizera Cretaceous & Cretaceous of the lower section of Labe River, Ploučnice, Kamenice and the Děčínský Sněžník Mt.
Technical object: guarry
ID : 1924

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: A two-storey quarry in columnar-jointed glassy nepheline tephrite with quartz xenocrysts. Prominent ferruginization in the host Cretaceous sandstone is visible in cliffs above the quarry.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Dispersed Alcalic volcanits
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén), mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - turon
Subject: geomorphology, petrology, mineralogy, stratigraphy, volcanology

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in National park
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): NP (National park) - České Švýcarsko
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 02214 Dolní Poustevna.- Český geologický ústav Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Opletal Mojmír, Fediuk Ferry,Nývlt D., 31.12.01
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 16.02.05

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1924 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-06]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1924.

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