General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Chomutov
Cadastre: Chomutov I
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0233, 02331
Geological region: Most Basin
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 4096

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Unique locality, so called Alum Lake. It was formed by flooding of the area where alum stone was excavated. Up to the present day lake water contains about one percentage of dissolved alum. This concentration makes its therapeutic effect possible. By the end of the 19th century popular spa were established there. The locality geologically forms part of the Most Basin.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Basins under Krušné hory Mts.and adjoining volcanic uplands
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén)
Subject: economic geology, mining and mining impacts, history
Geological phenomenon: lake
Genesis: anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock: sand, clay, coal

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: without conflicts

References

GABRIELOVÁ, Ivana. Je chomutovské Kamencové jezero přirozená nádrž?. Geografické rozhledy. prosinec 1996, roč. 6, čís. 3, s. 82–84. ISSN 1210-3004.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Vajskebrová Markéta, 06.09.17
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 22.02.18

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 4096 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-08]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/4096.

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