Důl Jiří (George Schacht)
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Královéhradecký kraj
District (town):
Trutnov
Village:
Žacléř
Cadastre:
Žacléř
Map sheets:
03-42 Trutnov, 03-422 Žacléř
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
old mine workings, mine
ID:
3391
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Permocarboniferous of the Krkonoše Piedmont and Intrasudetic basins. Geologically and historically important locality, from 1994 Technical Monument. The 132 m deep mine was opened by the end of the 18th century, so called Upper Coal Seams of the Lampertice beds of the Carboniferous age were exploited there. The mine was closed in 1994, conserved and became Technical Monument run and operated by Žacléř Town.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Upper Carboniferous and Permian > Lugic Late Palaeozoicum (including Triassic deposits) > Intra-Sudetic Basin
Stratigraphy:
Carboniferous
Subject:
economic geology, mining and mining impacts
Geological phenomenon:
outcrop
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
coal
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Technical or cultural monument
Part of national geopark:
Broumovsko
Conflicts of interests:
industry, reclamation
References
- Žáčková E. et.al. (2012): Vysvětlivky k základni geologické mapě ČR 1 : 25 000 list 03-422 Žacléř. MS archiv ČGS.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Eliška Žáčková, 16.01.2012
Updated by:
Gürtlerová Pavla, 08.02.2012, Kukal Zdeněk, 26.11.2012
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3391 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3391.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
minor
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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