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Kaolin Pits (Kaolingruben)

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Kaolin Pits (Kaolingruben)

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Location: Karlovarský kraj, Severozápad, Czech Republic

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1. Kaolin Pits (Kaolingruben) loop from Rotava

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2. Kaolin Pits (Kaolingruben) loop from Rotava

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3. Kaolin Pits (Kaolingruben) loop from Rotava

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Puffin

September 13, 2022

There are numerous kaolin pits here, and an information board explains their origin

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April 10, 2023

Please look around to see how flat the surface of the earth is around us! This

leveled area, 601 m high, dates back to the Tertiary. From the old ones

It was named Bauernberg for residents of Rothau.

In contrast with the level we see funnel-like depressions, which we already know

met along the way. These are pings of ruined shafts and prospects

to iron ore. The pings follow the course of a vein. is right in front of us

but ransacked the plane with wider holes. The sinks have one

impermeable clay soil, are covered with puddles and overgrown with peat moss.

The swamp area was created by the mining of ceramic kaolin clay.

Maybe that's why the whole plain was called "Moud Mountain" for a while. Out of

The potters from the Rothauer estate used the kaolin to make ceramic vessels. You could

used it earlier in simple iron smelting furnaces.

How did kaolin get to Rothau (Rotava)? Kaolin was formed by weathering

Rocks in the subtropical climate of the Tertiary. In the process, the feldspars of the granite

broken down into the soft clay mineral kaolinite. Because the feldspars have a significant

Forming part of any granite, the originally hard rock breaks down into loose ones

weathering product. For this, the fine white portion can be rinsed and

use for ceramics. Kaolin is also this for dating age

flat surfaces important. There are only a few such sites in the Ore Mountains

survived the progressive erosion.

The remaining holes after kaolin mining are in the S-N direction along a fracture zone

spread. This shows that the kaolin formation has penetrated locally deeply. A little further

south of us behind the edge of the plain has the "weakness" of the stone massif

a stream "discovered". It digs a narrow furrow there and in a few

A thousand years, the gorge may stretch as far as here.

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Elevation 610 m

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Location: Karlovarský kraj, Severozápad, Czech Republic

Kaolin Pits (Kaolingruben)

1. Kaolin Pits (Kaolingruben) loop from Rotava

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