Vernéřovské doly
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Karlovarský kraj
District (town):
Cheb
Village:
Aš
Cadastre:
Vernéřov u Aše
Map sheets:
11-11 Aš, 11-114 Aš
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
waste dump, shaft, mine
ID:
2334
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
A spoil tip after extraction of base metals south of an abandoned shaft, west of Vernéřov near Aš. The mine dump contains material of amblygonite pegmatite with a variaty of ore minerals (kesterite, cassiterite, etc, intruded in paragneisses of the Smrčiny Crystalline Complex. The site is protected as a nature monument.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Saxothuringicum > Krušné hory and Smrčiny crystalline complexes
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic
Subject:
mining and mining impacts, mineralogy, economic geology
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock, mineral
Genesis:
hydrothermal mineralization
Rock:
pegmatite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature monument
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 2048 (Vernéřovské doly)
Part of national geopark:
Egeria
Conflicts of interests:
vegetation
References
- Zahradnický J., Mackovčin P.a kol.(2005): Plzeňsko a Karlovarsko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek XI. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, Praha str.164
- Lokalizace je převzata z Registru chráněných lokalit AOPK - 2007
- BERNARD, J.H.. Mineralogie Československa 2. vydání. Praha : Academia, 1981. Kapitola III Minerály pegmatitů, s. 98, 117.
- Wikipedi
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Pavla Gürtlerová, 22.06.2007
Updated by:
Gürtlerová Pavla, 22.06.2007, Žáček Vladimír, 14.06.2010, Gürtlerová Pavla, 31.03.2016
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2334 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2334.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
international
Representativeness:
minor
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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