General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Náchod
Cadastre: Nový Hrádek
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1411, 14112
Geological region: Orlice-Sněžník, Nové Město and Staré Město crystalline complexes
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1053

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry with biotitic phyllite (Nové Město Group). Metamorphic pocesses affected the formation of quartz lenses and bands and mica aggregates. Petrologically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Orlice-Sněžník crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: petrology, geology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism), metamorphic (contact metamorphism)
Rock: phyllite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: waste disposal

References

Opletal, M. et al. (1980): Geologie Orlickýc hor.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Opletal Mojmír, 25.11.94
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 27.01.03, Pecina Vratislav 06.06.11, Gürtlerová Pavla 19.08.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1053 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1053.

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