General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Litoměřice
Cadastre: Žitenice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0241, 02413
Geological region: Neovolcanics of the České středohoří Mts.
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3154

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Neovolcanics of the České Střžedohoří Mts. Tertiary bgasalt intrusion into Middle Turonian marlstones and silty marlstones. This basalt is locally brecciated and contains numerous xenoliths of surronding metamorphosed Cretaceous sediments. Voids in basalt are filled by several species of zeolites, calcite and aragonite.
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: mineralogy, geology, volcanology
Geological phenomenon: intrusion, cliff
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: basalt

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - České středohoří
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Radoň M., Langrová A., Ulrych J., Skála R. (2007) : Draselný živec z čediče významné mineralogické lokality na vrchu Kočka u Žitenic v Českém středohoří. - Bull. mineral.-petrolog. Odd. Nár. Muz., 14-15: 96-103. - Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Radoň Miroslav, 22.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3154 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-24]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3154.

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