General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Rychnov nad Kněžnou
Cadastre: Nebeská Rybná
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1414, 14141
Geological region: Orlice-Sněžník, Nové Město and Staré Město crystalline complexes
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1046

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Section in a road cut. In these outcrops metakeratophyre prevails alternating with phyllite and some amfibolite. All this sequence belongs to the lower part (volcanic) of the Nové Město Group. Petrologically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Orlice-Sněžník crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: petrology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: alkali-feldspar-trachyandesite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Orlické hory
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Neuvedena.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Opletal Mojmír, 25.11.94
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 27.01.03, Gürtlerová Pavla 02.08.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1046 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-07]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1046.

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