Stráž nad Ohří - lom
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Karlovarský kraj
District (town):
Karlovy Vary
Village:
Stráž nad Ohří
Cadastre:
Stráž nad Ohří
Map sheets:
11-22 Kadaň, 11-221 Stráž n.O.
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
2048
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
An active quarry SE of Stráž nad Ohří on the right bank of the Ohře River, featuring an elongated volcanic body. Its centre is formed by a conduit of coarse agglomerate tuffs with large xenoliths of weathered crystalline rocks. Rocks around the conduit are columnar-jointed with fan-like column arrangement. A very instructive site, potentially threatened by continued aggregate extraction.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Basins under Krušné hory Mts.and adjoining volcanic uplands > Doupov Volcanic complex;
Bohemian Massif > Saxothuringicum > Krušné hory and Smrčiny crystalline complexes
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
petrology, geomorphology, volcanology, economic geology
Geological phenomenon:
stony organ, vulcano
Genesis:
volcanic
Rock:
agglomerate, tuff
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
others human activity
References
- Hradecký P. a kolektiv autorů, 2002: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 11221 Stráž nad Ohří.- Česká geologická služba Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Petr Hradecký, 20.04.2004, Bedřich Mlčoch, 20.04.2004
Updated by:
Plíšek Antonín, 11.11.2004
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2048 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2048.
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geo-regional value (mapping)
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