Ortel

General Characteristics

County (administration): Liberecký kraj
District (town): Česká Lípa
Village: Cvikov
Cadastre: Lindava
Map sheets: 02-24 Nový Bor, 02-244 N.Bor
Accessibility: passable footpath
Technical object: quarry
ID: 4059


Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Impressive bell-shaped phonolitic cumulo-volcano. Its slopes are covered by stony scree. Debris are often of platy and columnar shape. In the piedmont area small abandoned quarry occurs with rocks showing columnar and platy jointing.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Tertiary - scaterred relics of alkaline Volcanics
Stratigraphy: Tertiary
Subject: volcanology
Geological phenomenon: scree field, stony organ
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: phonolite


Territorial protection

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts


References
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Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Vladislav Rapprich, 11.11.1111
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk, 19.02.2018


Citation

The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 4059 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/4059.


Location in map:

Assessment

Scientifical assesment: minor
Educational assesment: middle
Significance: supraregional
Representativeness: middle
Geological importance: geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions: no problems

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