General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Most
Cadastre: Skyřice, Židovice u Bečova
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0233, 02334
Geological region: Most Basin
ID : 919

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Open pit with an outcrop of a porcelanite, sands, clays, tuffites and coal seam. Due to a spontaneous coal ignition clay was metamorphosed up to porcelanite. Interesting occurrences of flora. Paleontologically and sedimentologically interesting locality.
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: sedimentology, mining and mining impacts, paleontology

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Godány Josef, 08.05.96

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 919 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/919.

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