General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Karlovy Vary
Cadastre: Potůčky
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0143, 01433
Geological region: Krušné hory Mts. crystalline complex; Karlovy Vary Massif (SW part)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 313

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry. Outcrop of the upper part of a granite stock showing intrusion of flat dyke with prominent magmatic layering and unidirectionaly solidification textures.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory Mts. Pluton
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: geology, petrology, mining and mining impacts, economic geology
Geological phenomenon: dyke, characteristic rock
Genesis: magmatic
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: without conflicts

References

Breiter K. (2002): From explosive breccia to unidirectional solidification textures: magmatic evolution of a phosphorus- and fluorine-rich granite systém (Podlesí, Krušné hory Mts., Czech Republic). Bulletin of the Czech Geological Survey, 77, 67-92.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Breiter Karel, 27.10.94
Updated by: Breiter Karel 27.01.04

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 313 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-19]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/313.

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