General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Cheb
Cadastre: Skalka u Hazlova
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1113, 11132
Geological region: Teplá, Tachov, Smrčiny, Svatava, Cheb-Dyleň a Slavkov crystalline complexes, Thüringen - Vogtland Palaeozoic; Karlovy Vary Massif (SE part)
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 352

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Isolated rocky ridge, formed of a quartz vein, part of the Bohemian Quartz Dyke. Morphologically very interesting, evidence of intensive erosion of surrounding rocks.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory Mts. Pluton
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: geomorphology, geology
Geological phenomenon: castellated ridge
Genesis: hydrothermal mineralization
Rock: quartz vein, granite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
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 the Geopark: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: sports

References

Zahradnický J., Mackovčin P.a kol.(2005): Plzeňsko a Karlovarsko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek XI. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, Praha str.146

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Žáček Vladimír, 18.10.94
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 22.06.07, Žáček Vladimír 11.06.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 352 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-09-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/352.

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