General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Sokolov
Cadastre: Kámen u Kraslic
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1112, 11121
Geological region: Teplá, Tachov, Smrčiny, Svatava, Cheb-Dyleň a Slavkov crystalline complexes, Thüringen - Vogtland Palaeozoic; Karlovy Vary Massif (SE part)
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 312

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Rocky elevation with natural outcrops. It is forrmed of massive quartzite belonging stratigraphically to the Ordovician Frauenbach Formation. Tectonically affected, relics of sedimentary structures. Geologically important locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Saxo-vogtland Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: geomorphology, petrology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: castellated ridge
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: qurtzite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological Locality)
Part of the Geopark: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Schulmann, K. - Sokol, A. - Urban, M. (1988): Deformační analýza kvarcitu typu Vysoký kámen, západní Krušné hory. - Čas. Mineral. Geol., 33, 1, 23-28. Praha. Urban, M. (1982): Litostratigrafie kambroordovického fylitového komplexu na Kraslicku v Krušných horách. - Diplomová práce MS PŘFUK.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Schovánek Pavel, 08.06.94
Updated by: Žáček Vladimír 14.06.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 312 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/312.

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