General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Chomutov
Cadastre: Kadaň
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0144, 01444
Geological region: Neovolcanics of the České středohoří Mts.
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
ID : 3114

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Remnant of a scoria cone. Strombolian eruption buried a forest, calcified wood fragments can be found at the base of locality. Picrobasaltic lavas were emitted after the eruption forming the recent hills Bystřický kopec and Zlatý vrch.
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: volcanology
Geological phenomenon: intrusion, characteristic rock
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: basaltoid (basaltic-rock)

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. red. (v tisku): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 11-444 Klášterec nad Ohří. Česká geologická služba. Praha.; Rapprich V. (2007): Volcanic processes in the surroundings of Kadaň (in Czech with English abstract). Geoscience Research Reports for 2006: 34-36.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 06.02.09
Updated by: Rapprich Vladislav 21.09.09, Rapprich Vladislav 11.11.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3114 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3114.

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