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Žíla u Zakopané

General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Mladá Boleslav
Cadastre: Branžež
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0334, 03341
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Labe & Čáslav Cretaceous; Cretaceous of the Dlouhá mez
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Technical object: old mine workings
ID : 3245

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Tertiary volcanics of the Bohemian Massif. Artificial outcrop, relic after limburgite vein rock exploitation. Cretaceous Turonian sandstones were cut by this basanite vein. Rich goethite incrustation rimmed this vein. Goethite was formerly exploited as an iron ore. Radiometric age of this basanite vein is 11 Ma.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Dispersed Alcalic volcanits
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén)
Subject: mining and mining impacts, volcanology
Geological phenomenon: dyke, incrustation
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: basaltoid (basaltic-rock), sandstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
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 (declared as Geological Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Český ráj
Part of the Geopark: Bohemian Paradise
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Valečka, J., red. (2011): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 03-341 Kněžmost. - Česká geologická služba. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Rapprich Vladislav, 16.07.10
Updated by: Rapprich Vladislav 31.08.12, Vajskebrová Markéta 27.04.20

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3245 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-03-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3245.

Location in map:

Links to neighbouring localities within 2 km radius are available on mouse click in the map window.
Příkop po vytěžené žíle limburgitu, Markéta Vajskebrová, 2020
Příkop po odtěžené žíle s výchozem zbytku žíly, Vladislav Rapprich, 2009
Odskočení žíly je patrné na průběhu dobývacích příkopů, Vladislav Rapprich, 2009
Hluboký příkop po odtěžené limburgitové žíle u Zakopané, Vladislav Rapprich, 2009
Relikt limburgitové žíly u Zakopané, Vladislav Rapprich, 2009


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