Salesiova výšina
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Ústecký kraj
District (town):
Teplice
Village:
Osek
Cadastre:
Osek u Duchcova
Map sheets:
02-32 Teplice, 02-323 Duchcov
Accessibility:
access without footpath
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
1391
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
A rock city formed in quartzite, with abandoned quarries SW of Osek, in the Tertiary Most Basin. The body of silicified sandstone to conglomerate is Miocene in age, 18 m in thickness, representing an equivalent of the Lom Seam. Quartzite for millstone production and other purposes was exploited in quarries to the east of the hilltop. Silicification was due to the flow of silica-rich groundwater along the near Krušné hory Fault. Quartzite blocks were redeposited by solifluction.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Basins under Krušné hory Mts.and adjoining volcanic uplands
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
lithology, stratigraphy, economic geology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, castellated rocks, rock, selective erosion
Genesis:
sedimentary, anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock:
conglomerate
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature monument
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 1005 (Salesiova výšina)
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Bezvodová B., 1985: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1:25 000 list 02323 Duchcov.- Ústřední ústav geologický Praha.
- Kolektiv autorů. (1999): Ústecko. In: Mackovčin P. (ed.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek I. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR, str.190, Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Josef Godány, 23.10.2002
Updated by:
Gürtlerová Pavla, 15.10.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1391 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1391.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-historical value, geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
no problems
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