General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Most
Cadastre: Brandov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0231, 02313
Geological region: Krušné hory Mts. crystalline complex; Karlovy Vary Massif (SW part)
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: waste dump
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2305

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: An old spoil bank on the S margin of Brandov, Krušné hory Mountains. The 200 m long spoil bank belongs to the former Zdař Bůh coal mine, which exploited anthracite from sediments of the Permo-Carboniferous Brandov Basin in 1826-1924. Dark grey siltstones contain plant fossils (Sigillaria, Calamites).
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - karbon
Subject: mining and mining impacts, paleontology, petrology, stratigraphy, economic geology
Geological phenomenon: fossils-flora
Genesis: anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), sedimentary
Rock: siltstone, sandstone, coal

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
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Sattran V. et al. (1966): Vysvětlivky ke geologické mapě 1 : 50 000 list M-33-40-C Fláje.- MS Archiv ČGÚ Praha. Shrbený O. (1980): Chemical composition of alcaline neovolcanics of the Krušné hory Mts. Bohemia.- Věstník Ústředního ústavu geologického, 55, 1 - 10, Praha. ; Mlčoch B. a kolektiv autorů, 1994: Geologicky významné lokality v severočeské pánvi a jejím okolí, chráněné nebo navrhované k ochraně.- Český geologický ústav Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Mlčoch Bedřich, 31.12.94
Updated by: Mlčoch Bedřich 07.10.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2305 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-18]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2305.

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