General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Náchod
Cadastre: Nové Město nad Metují
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)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1054

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry and nearby outcrops. Locality of Nové Město phyllite on the base of Cretaceous sediments. They are strongly weathered, bleached and fossile. Cretaceous sediments are represented by a basal Korycany Formation only 5O cm thick and overlying marlstones of the Bílá Hora Formation. Stratigraphically interesting locality and is recommended for protection.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Orlice-Sněžník crystalline complex, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman, mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - turon
Subject: paleontology, stratigraphy, lithology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, bed, lithological boundary, transgression
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism), sedimentary
Rock: phyllite, opuka (aranaceous marlstone), conglomerate

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: vegetation, reclamation, ground instability

References

Opletal et al./1980/: Geologie Orlických hor. - ÚÚG Praha.; Opletal M., Čech S.(2015): Zajímavé odkryvy s transgresí křídy na fylitech v okolí Nového Města nad Metují. - ACTA MUSEI REGINAEHRADECENSIS S. A., 35-2, 11-15.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Opletal Mojmír, 25.11.94
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 27.01.03, Pecina Vratislav 06.06.11, Gürtlerová Pavla 15.08.11, Kukal Zdeněk 11.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1054 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-06]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1054.

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