Kapucín
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Ústecký kraj
District (town):
Most
Village:
Horní Jiřetín
Cadastre:
Černice u Horního Jiřetína
Map sheets:
02-31 Litvínov, 02-314 Litvínov
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
2311
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
An orthogneiss outcrop on top of Kapucín Hill at Černice, west of Horní Jiřetín. Muscovite-biotite orthogneisses with leaf-like structure are underlain by those with augen structure. Folded foliation planes can be observed, with fold axes parallel to mineral elongation in the augen gneisses.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Saxothuringicum > Krušné hory and Smrčiny crystalline complexes
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic
Subject:
petrology, structural geology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon:
deformation fabrics, characteristic rock
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism), frost weathering
Rock:
orthogneiss
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Mlčoch B. a kolektiv autorů, 1990: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 02314 Litvínov.- Ústřední ústav geologický Praha, Mlčoch Bedřich a kolektiv autorů, 1994: Geologicky významné lokality v severočeské pánvi a jejím okolí, chráněné nebo navrhované k ochraně.- Český geologický ústav Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Bedřich Mlčoch, 31.12.1994
Updated by:
Mlčoch Bedřich, 07.10.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2311 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2311.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
no problems
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