General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Sokolov
Cadastre: Přebuz
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1112, 11122
Geological region: Krušné hory Mts. crystalline complex; Karlovy Vary Massif (SW part)
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: old mine workings, collapse sink, prospection hole, shaft
ID : 2530

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Traces after extensive tin mining and processing from the 16th to 20th centuries 1 km SW of Přebuz on the slope of Hartelsberg Hill. The main Otto shaft has a preserved pit frame (technical monument). Tin mineralization of greisen type is hosted by granites of the Karlovy Vary pluton. A mineralogical site (topaz, opal, secondary minerals of As, Cu, Bi, U) and an important site for the study of ore genesis.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory Mts. Pluton
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: petrology, geology, geomorphology, structural geology, economic geology, mining and mining impacts, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, mineral
Genesis: magmatic, anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock: 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
Part of the Geopark: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: open cast mining, collection

References

Rojík, P. (2000): Historie cínového hornictví v západním Krušnohoří. - Okresní muzeum a knihovna Sokolov.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Rojík Petr, 17.03.06

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2530 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-06]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2530.

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