General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Náchod
Cadastre: Hynčice u Broumova
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0431, 04314
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous of the Krkonoše-piedmont and Lower Silesian basins
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1557

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry at the eastern margin of the village. Ignimbrites of Hynčice type - a part of rhyolite complex of the Broumov Formation.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Permocarboniferous Volcanits
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - perm
Subject: geology, sedimentology, volcanology
Geological phenomenon: volcaniclastic deposits, vulcano, characteristic rock
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: ignimbrite, rhyolite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Broumovsko
Part of the Geopark: Broumovsko
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Tásler R. (1994): Revize geologických lokalit na Broumovsku navrhovaných k ochraně. ? MS. str. 7. Archiv CHKO Broumovsko. Police nad Metují.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Plná Věra, 18.11.03
Updated by: Prouza Vladimír 16.03.04

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1557 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-18]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1557.

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