Michael
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Plzeňský kraj
District (town):
Tachov
Village:
Vranov
Cadastre:
Vranov u Stříbra
Map sheets:
11-44 Nýřany, 11-443 Stříbro
Technical object:
gallery
ID:
2488
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Barrandian, Neoproterozoic and Late Palaeozoic.Gallery adit at the Mže River. Ore bearing veins cut through Neoproterozoic spilites and phyllites. Neoproterozoic rocks are also cut by paleorhyolite, paleodacite and paleoandesite veins. Nearby Permocarboniferous sediments of the Vranov Basin occur, preserved only as small relics. Quaternary cover consists oif eluvial and colluvial clayey and sandy deposits.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien;
Bohemian Massif > Upper Carboniferous and Permian > Central and Western Bohemian Late Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic, Paleozoic
Subject:
economic geology, mineralogy, mining and mining impacts
Geological phenomenon:
vein, mineral
Genesis:
hydrothermal mineralization
Rock:
spilite, phyllite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Čepek L.,1934: Příspěvek k tektonice algonikia jižně od Stříbra.- Věstník Státního geologického ústavu ČSR, 10, s.334, Praha.
- Čepek L., r.?:Geologické okolí Kladrub a Stříbra. Věstník Státního geologického ústavu ČSR, 12, 183 - 201.
- Šimeček Z., 1967: K dolování ve Stříbře v období předhusitském. Minulostí Západočeského kraje, 5, s. 198.
- Zlický F.J., 1876: Olověné doly ve Stříbře. - Vesmír, 5, 1876, s. 15.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
P. Vrána, 29.10.1993
Updated by:
Kukal Zdeněk, 27.12.2012, Kukal Zdeněk, 27.12.2012
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2488 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2488.
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