Varnsdorf - sever
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Ústecký kraj
District (town):
Děčín
Village:
Varnsdorf
Cadastre:
Varnsdorf
Map sheets:
02-22 Varnsdorf, 02-224 Varnsdorf
Accessibility:
special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object:
waste dump, gallery
ID:
1979
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline. Lusatian Massif and Krkonoše-Jizera Massif. Small dump near adit collar. The sequence of tuffites, sands and clays with some coal seams, mined during the 19th century. Tertiary sediments yielded interesting fossil flora. These Tertiary sediments are overlain by Tertiary basalt lava flows.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Žitava Basin
Stratigraphy:
Carboniferous
Subject:
sedimentology, petrology, stratigraphy, paleontology, mining and mining impacts
Geological phenomenon:
fossils-flora
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
tuffite, coal
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
others human activity
References
- Opletal M. a kolektiv autorů, 2001: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 02222 Jiříkov a list 02224 + 03113 Varnsdorf. - Český geologický ústav Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ferry Fediuk, 31.12.2001, D. Nývlt, 31.12.2001, Mojmír Opletal, 31.12.2001
Updated by:
Vajskebrová Markéta, 02.10.2018
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1979 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1979.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
minor
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
minor
Geological importance:
Locality conditions:
ruined
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