Vlčí jámy
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Karlovarský kraj
District (town):
Karlovy Vary
Village:
Potůčky
Cadastre:
Potůčky
Map sheets:
01-43 Horní Blatná, 01-433 H. Blatná
Accessibility:
passable footpath
Technical object:
old mine workings, collapse sink, prospection hole
ID:
314
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Old mining works. Deep subsidence hole left after greisen exploitation. Process of greisenisation can be observed together with Sn mineralization of a Blatno granite. Methods of old mining can be studied at this locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Saxothuringicum > Krušné hory Mts. (Erzgebirge) Pluton
Stratigraphy:
Devonian - Permian
Subject:
mining and mining impacts, economic geology, petrology, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon:
abyss, gully
Genesis:
magmatic, anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), hydrothermal mineralization
Rock:
granite
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 673 (Vlčí jámy)
Part of national geopark:
Egeria
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Astor, E. (1992): Erzgebirge. Meyers Naturführer. Meyers Lexikonverlag. Mannheim - Leipzig - Wien - Zürich. 166 str.
- Mašek, M. (1984): Naučná stezka Horní Blatná - Vlčí jámy. - ONV Karlovy Vary.
- Breiter K. (1998): The Horní Blatná granite body in western Krušné hory Mts. and related tin mineralisation. - In: Breiter K. (1998, ed.): Genetic significance of phosphorus in fractionated granites. Excursion guide, 51-58. CGS Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Pavel Schovánek, 11.11.1994
Updated by:
Breiter Karel, 27.01.2004, Mlčoch Bedřich, 16.09.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 314 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/314.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-historical value, geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
You can send information about a change in the status of the site to lokality@geology.cz
