General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Příbram
Cadastre: Dobříš
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1243, 12434
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 200

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Significant large abandoned quarry with sediments of Proterozoic Štěchovice Group. Siltstones and greywackes predominate. Extremely important is 15 m thick layer of paraconglomerate with slump structures. This conglomerate contains rounded clasts of greywackes and siltstones and some silicites, granitoids and volcanites.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology, lithology, botany, zoology
Geological phenomenon: cliff, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary, volcanic
Rock: conglomerate, silicite, 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 and Biological Locality)
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: water resources

References

Fiala, F. (1948): Algonkické slepence ve středních Čechách. Sbor. St. geol. Úst. Čs. Republ., 15, 399-612. Praha. Röhlich, P. (1964): Podmořské skluzy a bahnotoky v nejmladším středočeském algonkiu. Sbor. geol. Věd, Geol., G, 6, 89-121. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Mašek Jan, 04.11.94

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 200 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-12-08]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/200.

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