General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Karlovy Vary
Cadastre: Jeseń u Hradiště
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1124, 11242
Geological region: Cheb & Sokolov basins and Neovolcanics of the Doupovské hory Mts.
Accessibility: - special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
ID : 3505

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Small cinder cone crops out in northern slopes of the Mlýnský vrch hill, inside of the military training zone in the Doupov Mts. Cone is formed by welded scoriaceous olivine basalt. Locality is situated above the fault which could have been the source of volcanic activity.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Basins under Krušné hory Mts.and adjoining volcanic uplands, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Basins under Krušné hory Mts.and adjoining volcanic uplands
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - paleogén - oligocén
Subject: volcanology
Geological phenomenon: cinder cone
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: basalt

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: warfare

References

Hradecký P. a kol.: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1:25 000 Valeč. - Archív ČGS, Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Hradecký Petr, 15.12.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3505 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3505.

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