General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Sokolov
Cadastre: Stříbrná
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1112, 11122
Geological region: Krušné hory Mts. crystalline complex; Karlovy Vary Massif (SW part)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2528

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Cliffs lining Šišák Hill between Stříbrná and Přebuz, Sokolov area. Cliffs on the NE slopes are composed of coarse-grained porphyritic granite with "tourmaline suns" of the Younger Intrusive Complex of the Karlovy Vary pluton. Cliffs in the SW are composed of contact-metamorphosed phyllites and quartzitic phyllites of the Frauenbach Series (Ordovician).
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory Mts. Pluton
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: geology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: castellated rocks
Genesis: magmatic, frost weathering
Rock: granite

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
Part of the Geopark: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Škvor, V. (1975): Geologie české části Krušných hor a Smrčin. - Knihovna ÚÚG, sv. 48, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Rojík Petr, 17.03.06

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2528 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2528.

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