General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Most
Cadastre: Svinčice, Lužice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0234, 02341
Geological region: Neovolcanics of the České středohoří Mts.
Technical object: old mine workings
ID : 922

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned, also partly active quarry with porcelanite exploitation. Tertiary clays were metamorphosed to different state. Spontaneous ignition of a coal seam caused also formation of chaotic structures. Sedimentologically interesting site.
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: stratigraphy, sedimentology, economic geology
Geological phenomenon: porcelanites
Genesis: sedimentary, volcanic
Rock: claystone

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, reclamation

References

Nebyla použita

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Godány Josef, 08.05.96

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 922 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/922.

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