General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Cheb
Cadastre: Hazlov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1113, 11132
Geological region: Teplá, Tachov, Smrčiny, Svatava, Cheb-Dyleň a Slavkov crystalline complexes, Thüringen - Vogtland Palaeozoic; Karlovy Vary Massif (SE part)
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 2355

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Outcrops of banded calc-silicate rocks on slopes of the valley of the Hazlovský potok Stream north of Hazlov near Cheb. The site is located in the exocontact of the Smrčiny pluton, where original crystalline limestones were transformed into calc-silicate rock by contact metamorphism. The mineral assemblage includes vesuviane (egerane), diopside, anorthite and quartz. The site is protected as a nature monument.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory and Smrčiny crystalline complexes, Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory Mts. Pluton
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin, proterozoikum
Subject: mineralogy
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (contact metamorphism)
Rock: calc-silicate rock

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
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 (declared as Geological Locality)
Part of the Geopark: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: collection, exploitation

References

Zahradnický J., Mackovčin P.a kol.(2005): Plzeňsko a Karlovarsko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek XI. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, Praha str.162

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 22.06.07
Updated by: Žáček Vladimír 14.06.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2355 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-23]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2355.

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