České Hamry
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Ústecký kraj
District (town):
Chomutov
Village:
Vejprty
Cadastre:
České Hamry u Vejprt
Map sheets:
01-44 Vejprty, 01-443 Kovářská
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
321
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Abandoned quarry with a sodalite trachybasalt. It forms an intrusion into crystalline rocks along a tectonic fracture zone. Petrologically and tectonically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Tertiary - scaterred relics of alkaline Volcanics
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
volcanology, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
intrusion
Genesis:
volcanic
Rock:
trachybasalt
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
reclamation, waste disposal
References
- Shrbený, O. (1980): Chemical composition of alkaline neovolcanics of the Krušné hory Mts., Bohemia. - Věst. Ůstř. úst. geol., 55, 1-10. Praha.
- Škvor, V. et al. (1974): Krušné hory - západní část (soubor geol. map 1 : 50 000), ÚÚG. - Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Vladimír Cajz, 25.11.1993
Updated by:
Mlčoch Bedřich, 06.10.2009, Mlčoch Bedřich, 07.10.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 321 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/321.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
Locality conditions:
poor
You can send information about a change in the status of the site to lokality@geology.cz
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