Jeskyně pod Sněžníkem
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Ústecký kraj
District (town):
Děčín
Village:
Jílové
Cadastre:
Sněžník
Map sheets:
02-23 Děčín, 02-233 Jílové
Accessibility:
entry permit for car necessary
Technical object:
gallery, old mine workings
ID:
1610
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
The Bohemian Cretaceouzs Basin. The cave within blocks of Turonian silicified quartzose sandstones. It occurs on a tectonic fracture and was formed by collapsing of sandstone blocks. The cave was discovered during a fluorite surveying. It is as long as 96 m. Nmerous mesorelief and microrelief features on its walls.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Cretaceous of the Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin - Lugic development
Stratigraphy:
Turonian
Subject:
mineralogy, geomorphology, economic geology
Geological phenomenon:
pseudocrast cave, vein, fault, slickenside
Genesis:
gravitational, anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), sedimentary, hydrothermal mineralization
Rock:
sandstone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature monument in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Labské pískovce
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 2010 (Jeskyně pod Sněžníkem)
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Kolektiv autorů. (1999): Ústecko. In: Mackovčin P. (ed.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek I. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR, Praha.
- Fengl, M. (1983): Otevřené dutiny na fluoritovém ložisku Jílové u Děčína. Sb. Český Kras 8, 76-77. OM Beroun.
- Lysenko, V., Schwarzer, J., Sluka, M. (1986): Přirozené kaverny v pískovcích jižních svahů Děčínského Sněžníku. Sb. Český kras 12, 100-105. OM Beroun.
- Lysenko, V. (1989): Fluorit caves in the Dečín Sněžník area /Czechoslovakia/. Int. Congr. of Speleol. 10. Proceedings I. Budapest 198
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jaroslav Valečka, 05.06.2008
Updated by:
Valečka Jaroslav, 11.11.2008, Valečka Jaroslav, 12.11.2008, Gürtlerová Pavla, 25.08.2009, Vajskebrová Markéta, 25.11.2021
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1610 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1610.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
international
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-historical value, geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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