Jelení - Hirschkopf
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Karlovarský kraj
District (town):
Karlovy Vary
Village:
Nové Hamry
Cadastre:
Jelení u Nových Hamrů
Map sheets:
01-43 Horní Blatná, 01-433 H. Blatná
Technical object:
old mine workings
ID:
2529
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
A former quarry for tin ore on Hirschkopf Hill at Jelení near Nové Hamry. The quarry is 100 m long and 8 m deep and is surrounded by other mine workings like a shaft, two galleries and shallow pits. These workings follow a series of intersecting bodies of tin-bearing greisens in granites of the Karlovy Vary pluton.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Saxothuringicum > Krušné hory Mts. (Erzgebirge) Pluton
Stratigraphy:
Devonian - Permian
Subject:
mining and mining impacts, geology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon:
outcrop
Genesis:
magmatic, anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock:
granite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Part of national geopark:
Egeria
Conflicts of interests:
forestry, tourism
References
- Rojík, P. (2000): Historie cínového hornictví v západním Krušnohoří. - Okresní muzeum a knihovna Sokolov
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Petr Rojík, 17.03.2006
Updated by:
Mlčoch Bedřich, 07.10.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2529 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2529.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
Educational assesment:
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-historical value, geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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