General Characteristics

County (administration): South Bohemia Region
District (town): Český Krumlov
Cadastre: Černá v Pošumaví
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3223, 32233
Geological region: Šumava Moldanubicum - districts ST, PT, CK, CB, PI
Accessibility: - special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 2133

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Moldaubicum of Šumava Mts. Abandoned pit quarries. Crystalline limestones were quarried there, partly in underground galleries. Crystalline limestones are whitish and greyish, some parts contain elevated amounts of trace elements. Interesting vegetation, wintering ground oof bats.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: economic geology, mining and mining impacts
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: marble, dolomite, paragneiss

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)
Conflicts of interests: ground instability

References

Vrána S. et al. (2009): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1:25 000, 32-233 Černá v Pošumaví. - MS Čes. geol. služ. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Vrána Stanislav, 28.01.10
Updated by: Vrána Stanislav 28.01.10, Vrána Stanislav 28.01.10, Seifert Antonín 14.09.10, Kukal Zdeněk 08.10.12, Vajskebrová Markéta 24.11.20

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2133 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-12-08]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2133.

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