General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Teplice
Cadastre: Hrad Osek
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0233, 02321,02323
Geological region: Krušné hory Mts. crystalline complex; Karlovy Vary Massif (SW part)
Accessibility: - access without footpath
ID : 3011

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The Krušné hory (Erzgebirge) Mts. Crystalline. Rocky slope, exposing Proterozoic biotite up to biotite-muscovite paragneiss, locally feldspathized, also with a layer of garnet amphibolite.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory and Smrčiny crystalline complexes
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: paragneiss

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve
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: (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Kolektiv autorů. (1999): Ústecko. In: Mackovčin P. (ed.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek I. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR, str.191 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 23.02.09
Updated by: Mlčoch Bedřich 22.10.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3011 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-03-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3011.

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