Antimonový důl u Boněnova
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Plzeňský kraj
District (town):
Tachov
Village:
Chodová Planá
Cadastre:
Boněnov
Map sheets:
11-41 Mariánské Lázně, 11-414 Bezdružice
Accessibility:
entry permit for car necessary
Technical object:
waste dump, shaft
ID:
372
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Old mining works, dumps, old covered portals and subsidence holes on undermined sites. Antimonitic ore was exploited. Veins are developed in a complex of gneisses, amphibolites, calc-silicate rocks up to crystalline limestones. Petrologically and mineralogically very interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Teplá crystalline complex
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic
Subject:
mining and mining impacts, mineralogy, economic geology
Geological phenomenon:
ore mineralization, vein
Genesis:
hydrothermal mineralization
Rock:
paragneiss, amphibolite, calc-silicate rock
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Slavkovský les
Conflicts of interests:
waste disposal
References
- Kachlík, V. (1993): The evidence for late Variscan nappe thrusting of the Mariánské Lázně Complex over the Saxothuringian terrane (West Bohemia). - Jour. Czech Geol. Soc., 38, 1-2, 43-58. Praha
- Kratochvíl, J. (1957): Topografická mineralogie Čech I., heslo Bonětov. 120-122. Praha
- Sobotka, J. (1964): Čas. Mineral. Geol., 9, 4, 477
- Žáček, V. - Cháb, J. (1993): Metamorfní vývoj krystalinika Tepelské plošiny. - Dílčí závěrečná zpráva úkolu 2100. MS ČGU Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Vladimír Žáček, 02.08.1994
Updated by:
Žáček Vladimír, 11.06.2010, Vajskebrová Markéta, 24.06.2021, Žáček Vladimír, 17.12.2025
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 372 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/372.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
minor
Geological importance:
geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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