General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Karlovy Vary
Cadastre: Rolava
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0134, 01344
Geological region: Krušné hory Mts. crystalline complex; Karlovy Vary Massif (SW part)
Technical object: mine
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1963

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: An abandoned tin mine lying 3 km NE of Rolava, Karlovy Vary area. The largest greisen-type tin deposit in the granitic Nejdek massif was mined from the Medieval times to the 19th century. New buildings come from the year 1938 but the mine was abandoned after WW II.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory Mts. Pluton
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: economic geology
Geological phenomenon: intrusion
Genesis: hydrothermal mineralization
Rock: granite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National nature reserve
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Part of the Geopark: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Petr Rojík: Historie cínového hornictví v západním Krušnohoří Kouzlo hornické Přebuzi, Nejdku a jejich okolí. Sokolov 2000.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Breiter Karel, 26.02.04

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1963 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-18]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1963.

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