Horní Blatná - Sněžná hůrka
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Karlovarský kraj
District (town):
Karlovy Vary
Village:
Potůčky
Cadastre:
Potůčky
Map sheets:
01-43 Horní Blatná, 01-433 H. Blatná
Accessibility:
access without footpath
Technical object:
old mine workings
ID:
1966
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Pits after 16th century tin ore mining at Sněžná hůrka, 3 km NE of Horní Blatná. The pits are 1-2 m wide, tens of metres long and max. 30 m deep, hand-dug into the so-called dyke greisens.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Saxothuringicum > Krušné hory Mts. (Erzgebirge) Pluton
Stratigraphy:
Devonian - Permian
Subject:
mining and mining impacts, economic geology, history
Geological phenomenon:
vein, ore mineralization
Genesis:
magmatic, hydrothermal mineralization, anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock:
granite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Part of national geopark:
Egeria
Conflicts of interests:
forestry
References
- Studie z dějin hornictví 5, str. 116-132 (http://www.mining.cz/TEXTY/H-Blatna/Blatna.htm#03)
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Karel Breiter, 26.02.2004
Updated by:
Mlčoch Bedřich, 07.10.2009, Vajskebrová Markéta, 22.06.2021
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1966 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1966.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
minor
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
international
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-historical value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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