Horní Jiřetín - Mikulovice
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Ústecký kraj
District (town):
Most
Village:
Horní Jiřetín
Cadastre:
Černice u Horního Jiřetína
Map sheets:
02-31 Litvínov, 02-314 Litvínov
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
1379
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
A roadside exposure of subvolcanic breccia at Černčice near Horní Jiřetín. The rock of Tertiary age contains abundant fragments of crystalline rocks. The matrix is composed of volcanigenic material with amphibole columns. This body lies on an E-W structure with active Miocene-Pliocene volcanism.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Tertiary - scaterred relics of alkaline Volcanics;
Bohemian Massif > Saxothuringicum > Krušné hory and Smrčiny crystalline complexes
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary, Proterozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, volcanology, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
volcaniclastic deposits
Genesis:
volcanic
Rock:
breccia, volcaniclastic deposits
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Mlčoch B. a kol., 1990: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1.25 000 list 02314 Litvínov.- Ústřední ústav geologický Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Bedřich Mlčoch, 14.10.2002
Updated by:
Mlčoch Bedřich, 07.10.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1379 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1379.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
minor
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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