Loket - karlovarská dvojčata
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Karlovarský kraj
District (town):
Sokolov
Village:
Loket
Cadastre:
Loket
Map sheets:
11-23 Sokolov, 11-231 Horní Slavkov
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
1265
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Outcrops in a road cut expose a pophyritic biotite granite with typical K-feldspar twins (Karlsbad Twins). Granite belongs to the Karlovy Vary pluton. Mineralogically significant.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Saxothuringicum > Krušné hory Mts. (Erzgebirge) Pluton
Stratigraphy:
Devonian - Permian
Subject:
mineralogy, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock, mineral
Genesis:
magmatic
Rock:
granite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Slavkovský les
Part of national geopark:
Egeria
Conflicts of interests:
estates
References
- Táborský Z., 1997: Challenges to chemical geology 97. - Field Trip Guide, 1997, str. 22, ČGÚ. Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jiřina Dašková, 23.11.2001
Updated by:
Gürtlerová Pavla, 22.06.2007, Gürtlerová Pavla, 01.08.2010
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1265 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1265.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
You can send information about a change in the status of the site to lokality@geology.cz
