General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Most
Cadastre: Lesná
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0231, 02313
Geological region: Krušné hory Mts. crystalline complex; Karlovy Vary Massif (SW part)
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 2312

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Outcrops SE of Lesná, in the head of the Malé peklo Valley. The exposed reddish-brown silicified tectonic breccia, composed exclusively of quartz, accompanies a regional SSE-striking fault limiting the granitic Lesná massif. Boulders of biotite granite pertain to the Older Intrusive Complex of the Central Krušné hory pluton.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory and Smrčiny crystalline complexes
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geomorphology, petrology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: tectonic, magmatic
Rock: tectonic breccia, granite

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

Mlčoch B. a kolektiv autorů, 1991: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 02313 Nová Ves v Horách a 02311 Brandov.- Český geologický ústav Praha, Mlčoch Bedřich 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: 2312 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2312.

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