Location

Stratigraphic horizon

Type of rock

Restoration

usability

Mineralogy

Bílina mine

Quaternary deposits

top soil, loess loams, loams, gravel sands

Perfect

quartz, kaolinite, illite, traces of anorthoclase, calcite and montmorillonite

“Libkovice” overlying strata

grey clays

Good

quartz, kaolinite, illite, traces of siderite

sand-clay strata

sandy clays, sands

Poor

quartz, traces of kaolinite, illite, siderite

overburden rocks of coal bed

sandy clays, sands, coal

Phytotoxic

quartz, kaolinite, illite, traces of coal and siderite

Vrsany mine

Quaternary deposits

top soil, loess loams, loesses, loams, gravel sands

Perfect

quartz, kaolinite, illite, traces of anorthoclase and calcite

Overlying strata

yellow plastic clays

Poor

quartz, kaolinite, illite, traces of siderite and goethite

overburden rocks of upper coal bed

sandy clays, sands

Poor

quartz, kaolinite, illite, traces of siderite and dolomite

overburden rocks of main coal bed

sandy clays, sands, coal

Phytotoxic

quartz, kaolinite, illite, traces of coal and siderite

ČSA mine

Quaternary deposits

loams, clay loams, gravel sands

Good

quartz, kaolinite, illite, traces of anorthoclase

Overlying strata

grey clays

Good

quartz, kaolinite, illite, traces of siderite

Libouš mine

Quaternary deposits

loams, clay loams, gravel sands

Good

quartz, kaolinite, illite, traces of anorthoclase and montmorillonite

Overlying strata (top of the strata)

yellow plastic clays

Poor

quartz, kaolinite, illite, traces of montmorillonite, calcite and siderite

Overlying strata

grey clays

Good

quartz, kaolinite, illite, traces of siderite