Dasnice
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Karlovarský kraj
District (town):
Sokolov
Village:
Citice
Cadastre:
Hlavno
Map sheets:
11-14 Cheb, 11-142 Sokolov
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
2522
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
An abandoned quarry at Dasnice, showing a lava flow of olivine nephelinite up to 40 m thick, overlying bentonitized tuffs and agglomerates. The lava flow stratigraphically corresponds to the Nové Sedlo Formation at the Oligocene/Miocene boundary, paleomagnetic age ca. 23.5 mil. years. The quarry is now in the process of reclamation.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Basins under Krušné hory Mts.and adjoining volcanic uplands > Doupov Volcanic complex
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
volcanology, petrology, stratigraphy
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Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Part of national geopark:
Egeria
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Rojík, P. (2004): Tektonosedimentární vývoj sokolovské pánve. - Disertační práce PřF UK v Praze
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Petr Rojík, 14.03.2006
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2522 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2522.
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