General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Karlovy Vary
Cadastre: Smolné Pece
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1121, 11213
Geological region: Krušné hory Mts. crystalline complex; Karlovy Vary Massif (SW part)
Technical object: old mine workings
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1962

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: An exposure after exploitation of a large pegmatite body at Smolné Pece, Karlovy Vary area. Pegmatites belong to the Nejdek massif and are hosted by biotite granites. The exposed body consists of an aplitic outer zone and a central zone of quartz and K-feldspar. It contains large tourmaline crystals. The only pegmatite outcrop in the western Krušné hory Mts.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory Mts. Pluton
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: petrology
Geological phenomenon: dyke, characteristic rock
Genesis: magmatic
Rock: pegmatite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Part of the Geopark: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: collection

References

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Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Breiter Karel, 26.02.04

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1962 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1962.

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