General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Most
Cadastre: Brandov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0231, 02313
Geological region: Krušné hory Mts. crystalline complex; Karlovy Vary Massif (SW part)
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 327

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry with a Tertiary basalt. Typical example of basalt columnar jointing. Basalt composition corresponds to an olivinic alkaline basalt. It contains nodules of peridotite several centimetres across. Petrologically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Dispersed Alcalic volcanits
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén)
Subject: volcanology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: stony organ
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: basalt

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

Mlčoch B. a kolektiv autorů, 1991: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 listy 02313 Nová Ves v Krušných horách a 02311 Brandov.- MS Archiv ČGÚ Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Mlčoch Bedřich, 11.11.94
Updated by: Mlčoch Bedřich 07.10.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 327 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-24]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/327.

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