General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Děčín
Cadastre: Jiříkov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0222, 02222
Geological region: Lužice Pluton and Krkonoše-Jizera Massif; Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline complex
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry, gallery
ID : 1988

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline. Abandoned and partly levelled old quarry. The Lusatian granodiorite of the Herrenhut subtype is present in the quarry. The rock is fine grained, slightly porphyritic. Weathering profile can be observed in the section, showing stony scree, reworked eluvium and partly weathered granodiorite.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Magmatites of Lugicum
Stratigraphy: kadomské stáří vyvřelin
Subject: sedimentology, petrology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: magmatic
Rock: granodiorite

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 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 25.09.18

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1988 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-06]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1988.

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