General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Sokolov
Cadastre: Krásná Lípa u Šindelové
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1112, 11122
Geological region: Krušné hory Mts. crystalline complex; Karlovy Vary Massif (SW part)
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 1899

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: A mushroom rock near Krásná Lípa, formed by porphyritic biotite granite. This rock type belongs to the Older Intrusive Complex of the Karlovy Vary pluton. The mushroom rock was formed in the Pleistocene by cryogenic granite weathering and wind abrasion. The site is protected as a nature monument.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory Mts. Pluton
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: geomorphology, geology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: mushroom rock
Genesis: magmatic, frost weathering
Rock: granite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological Locality)
Part of the Geopark: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Škvor, V. (1975): Geologie české části Krušných hor a Smrčin. - Knihovna ÚÚG, sv. 48, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Rojík Petr, 17.03.06
Updated by: Rojík Petr 15.03.06, Mlčoch Bedřich 07.10.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1899 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1899.

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