General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Tachov
Cadastre: Tachov, Ctiboř u Tachova
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1134, 11342
Geological region: Šumava Moldanubicum - district KT; Moldanubicum of the Český les Mts.; Domažlice crystalline complex; W-Bohemian Pluton; W-Bohemian basic magmatites
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
ID : 3253

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Moldanubicum of Český les Mts. Outcrops of rocks of the Bohemian Quartz Dyke. Up to 80 metres thick quartz dyke, prominent linear elevation, affected by Tachov fault line. Several traces of quartz exploitation, several larger quarries and numerous abandoned pits. This quartz was quarried and used in a glass industry.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: geomorphology, mining and mining impacts, mineralogy, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: vein
Genesis: hydrothermal mineralization
Rock: quartz vein

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: waste disposal

References

Teplík et al. (2007): Český křemenný val - geologická studie. MS. AOPK-CHKO Český les.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 01.08.10
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 03.11.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3253 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3253.

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