General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Cheb
Cadastre: Lázně Kynžvart
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1132, 11322
Geological region: Teplá, Tachov, Smrčiny, Svatava, Cheb-Dyleň a Slavkov crystalline complexes, Thüringen - Vogtland Palaeozoic; Karlovy Vary Massif (SE part)
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 2356

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The Krušné hory (Erzgebirge) Mts Pluton. Large rocky block made of porphyric granite, 7 x 5 m large. Original angular shape was slightly rounded by weathering, block surface grooved by erosional rills.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory Mts. Pluton
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: rock
Genesis: magmatic
Rock: granite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument in Protected landscape area
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 LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Slavkovský les
Part of the Geopark: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Zahradnický J., Mackovčin P. a kol.(2005): Plzeňsko a Karlovarsko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek XI. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str.524 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 13.05.09
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 01.08.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2356 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2356.

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