General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Sokolov
Cadastre: Tisová u Sokolova
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1114, 11142
Geological region: Cheb & Sokolov basins and Neovolcanics of the Doupovské hory Mts.
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Technical object: mine, guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2533

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: An abandoned open-pit coal mine at Tisová near Sokolov in the Tertiary Sokolov Basin, now partly used as a depository of industrial ash. The quarry wall near Březová shows a body of sand pertaining to the Habartov Member (Sokolov Formation, Miocene, 22 mil. years). This slope is scarred by erosional rills and gullies. Natural steps with waterfalls and earth pinnacles, potholes, rock windows and other perforations. A site perfectly illustrating present erosional processes.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Basins under Krušné hory Mts.and adjoining volcanic uplands
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén)
Subject: geomorphology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, zoology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, erosion furrow, waterfall
Genesis: sedimentary, anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), aquatic (water activity)
Rock: coal, sand, clay

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: industry

References

Rojík, P. (2004): Tektonosedimentární vývoj sokolovské pánve. - Disertační práce PřF UK v Praze.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Rojík Petr, 20.03.06
Updated by: Hrazdíra Petr 15.09.09, Gürtlerová Pavla 20.11.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2533 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2533.

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