Jeníkov
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Ústecký kraj
District (town):
Teplice
Village:
Jeníkov
Cadastre:
Jeníkov u Duchcova
Map sheets:
02-32 Teplice, 02-323 Duchcov
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
1392
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
A large abandoned quarry at Jeníkov, west of Teplice, in the Tertiary Most Basin. A 15 m thick body of silicified Upper Cretaceous (Middle Turonian) sandstone with basal conglomerate was exploited as quartzite for the production of refractory materials. The body is underlain by Carboniferous rhyolite and overlain by Upper Turonian calcareous claystones and clayey limestones. The sandstone is formed by 99 % silica. Crystals of barite and pyrite are present on joint planes together with rare sphalerite, galena and fluorite.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Cretaceous of the Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy:
Turonian
Subject:
petrology, economic geology, mineralogy, stratigraphy, mining and mining impacts
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Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Bezvodová B., 1985: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR l:25 000 list 02323 Duchcov.- Ústřední ústav geologický Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Josef Godány, 23.10.2002
Updated by:
Plíšek Antonín, 23.01.2005
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1392 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1392.
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