Cínové dobývky Vysoký kámen u Krásna
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Karlovarský kraj
District (town):
Sokolov
Village:
Krásno
Cadastre:
Krásno nad Teplou
Map sheets:
11-23 Sokolov, 11-233 Rovná
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry, old mine workings
ID:
4464
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Above the abandoned quarry, there are a number of tin mining pits on the slope. The rocks found at the site include a zone of silicified breccia with a direction of 160 °, a thickness of 10-20 m, subvertically deposited, as well as greisenized granite, granite, crushed quartz veins and breccia. Among the minerals, chalcedony can commonly be found, as well as coatings of secondary minerals of green color - chalcosiderite, blue-colored turquoise and, less commonly, wawelite. With careful collection, smaller grains of cassiterite embedded in greisenized granite can also be found. Above the pit there is an educational board introducing the history of the site and the minerals that are described from here. The abandoned quarry below the pits was used for tin and tungsten mining in the 1980s. During the mining process, old medieval galleries were uncovered here.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Saxothuringicum > Slavkovský les crystalline complex
Stratigraphy:
Devonian - Permian
Subject:
mining and mining impacts
Geological phenomenon:
ore mineralization
Genesis:
hydrothermal mineralization
Rock:
breccia, granite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Geological localities in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Slavkovský les
Part of national geopark:
Egeria
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Kůrková, I., Žáček, V., Landa D.-A., Rozkošný, I., Vylita, T. (2026): Slavkovský les – Zrození vody z kamene. – Čes. geol. služba. Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivan Rozkošný, 29.12.2025
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 4464 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/4464.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
no problems
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