General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Děčín
Cadastre: Rumburk
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0222, 02224
Geological region: Lužice Pluton and Krkonoše-Jizera Massif; Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline complex
Accessibility: - special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
ID : 1975

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Krkonoše-Jizer crystalline. Lusatian Massif and Krkonoše-Jizera Massif. Type locality of the Rumburk granite. The biotite granite is coarse grained, porphyritic, with blue-grey quartz and K-feldspar crystals larger than several centimetres. Mylonite zone occurs within the granite body. This granite is strongly and deeply weathered and crops out as boulders and blocks.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Magmatites of Lugicum
Stratigraphy: kadomské stáří vyvřelin
Subject: petrology, structural geology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: dyke
Genesis: magmatic
Rock: granite

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 02222 Jiříkov a list 02224 + 03113 Varnsdorf. - Český geologický ústav Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Opletal Mojmír, Fediuk Ferry,Nývlt D., 31.12.01
Updated by: Vajskebrová Markéta 24.10.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1975 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1975.

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