General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Náchod
Cadastre: Šonov u Broumova
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0432, 04323
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous of the Krkonoše-piedmont and Lower Silesian basins
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 1833

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: A hill E of Šonov (648 m)- small rocks, big blocks and scree. - Andezitoide with hydrothermal mineralisation. Escape of warm air (mofette type) from some fractures. Volcanics belong to the so colled Uper Šonov Melaphyres (andesitoides). - The Olivětín Member, Broumov Formation.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Permocarboniferous Volcanits
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - perm
Subject: geology, geomorphology, volcanology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock, scree, scree field
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: andesite

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. (1995): Revize lokalit geologického charakteru navrhovaných k ochraně v CHKO Broumovsko. ? MS. str.8. Archiv CHKO Broumovsko.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Plná Věra, 10.12.03
Updated by: Prouza Vladimír 19.03.04, Prouza Vladimír 09.10.09, Gürtlerová Pavla 08.08.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1833 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-12-08]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1833.

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