General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Plzeň-město
Cadastre: Koterov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1233, 12333
Geological region: Barrandian Proterozoic; Tisá and Čistá-Jesenice massifs
Technical object: guarry
ID : 1154

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned giant quarry. Outcrops of typical products of the Upper Proterozoic volcanism. Metabasalt prevails, accompanied by volcanic breccia, hyaloclastites, metatuffs and black shales. Also pillow lavas are present. Volcanologically and petrologically very significant.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: volcanology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: lava
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: basalt

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
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: waste disposal

References

Fiala F. (1977): Proterozoický vulkanismus Barrandienu a problematika spilitů.- Sbor. geol. věd, Geol., 30, 7-247, Praha.;Rybařík (1966): Koterov - surovina kámen. MS Geofond, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Mašek Jan, 02.07.01
Updated by: Lorencová Markéta 25.01.05

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1154 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-06]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1154.

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