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Radziej sandstone quarry, Łupki, Gmina Wleń, Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Polandi
Regional Level Types
Radziej sandstone quarryQuarry (Inactive)
ŁupkiVillage
Gmina WleńGmina
Lwówek Śląski CountyCounty
Lower Silesian VoivodeshipVoivodeship
PolandCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
51° 1' 15'' North , 15° 37' 31'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
51.02099,15.62531
GeoHash:
G#: u3547844b
GRN:
N35E08
Type:
Quarry (Inactive) - last checked 2022
Age:
100.5 to 66.0 Ma
Geologic Time:
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Köppen climate type:
Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Wleń1,888 (2011)3.5km
Pilchowice693 (2010)4.8km
Bystrzyca304 (2010)7.1km
Pasiecznik584 (2010)8.0km
Lubomierz1,816 (2011)8.1km
Mindat Locality ID:
418779
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:418779:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Humprich - Schiefer, Lähn/kamieniołom piaskowca na wzgórzu Radziej
Other Languages:
German:
Humprich - Lähn, Powiat Lwówecki, Woiwodschaft Niederschlesien, Polen


Upper Cenomanian sandstones, exposed in an abandoned quarry on the western slopes of Radziej Hill. The sedimentary rocks of the Wleń Graben, with strongly polished and striated plane of a sinistral faults.

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(n.d.) file:///C:/Users/user/Downloads/2020_Kowalski_WleGraben.pdf
Kowalski, A. (2020) Multistage structural evolution of the end-Cretaceous–Cenozoic Wleń Graben (the Sudetes, NE Bohemian Massif) – a contribution to the post-Variscan tectonic history of SW Poland. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, Vol.90, 30 pages.
Kowalski A. (2020) :
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