Kalek - jih
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Ústecký kraj
District (town):
Chomutov
Village:
Kalek
Cadastre:
Kalek
Map sheets:
02-31 Litvínov, 02-313 Nová Ves n.H.
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
gallery, collapse sink, prospection hole
ID:
2307
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
A collapsed gallery and shallow pits near Kalek, Chomutov area, were used for the exploitation of crystalline limestone used in local iron-producing industry in the 17th to 18th centuries. Limestone bodies are hosted by calc-silicate rocks and paragneisses in the orthogneiss complex of the Hora Sv. Kateřiny Dome. Tectonized calc-silicate rocks with wollastonite can be observed on quarry walls.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Saxothuringicum > Krušné hory and Smrčiny crystalline complexes
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic
Subject:
mineralogy, mining and mining impacts, economic geology, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
outcrop
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism), anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock:
marble, dolomite, calc-silicate rock
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
forestry, waste disposal
References
- Mlčoch B. a kolektiv autorů, 1991: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 listy 02313 Nová Ves v Krušných horách a 02311 Brandov.- MS Archiv ČGÚ Praha. Mlčoch B. a kolektiv autorů, 1994: Geologicky významné lokality v severočeské pánvi a jejím okolí, chráněné nebo navržené k ochraně.- ČGÚ Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Bedřich Mlčoch, 31.12.1994
Updated by:
Mlčoch Bedřich, 07.10.2009, Kukal Zdeněk, 04.12.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2307 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2307.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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