General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Jičín
Cadastre: Pecka
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0343, 03432
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous of the Krkonoše-piedmont and Lower Silesian basins
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 267

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: A quarry at the cemetary in Pecka. Pyroxenic andesite with crystals of quartz, bronzite, fluorite and chalcedony.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Permocarboniferous Volcanits
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - karbon
Subject: petrology, mineralogy, volcanology
Geological phenomenon: intrusion, rock, characteristic rock
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: andesite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Part of the Geopark: Bohemian Paradise
Conflicts of interests: waste disposal

References

Vodička J./1963/: Nerostné suroviny in Vysvětlivky k přehledné geologické mapě 1:200 000 list Hradec Králové.-NČSAV,p.159.Praha.; Tuček K./1940/: Soupis lomů okres Nová Paka.-Geol.úřad pro Č. A M.,p.46.Praha.; Ziegler V./MS/: Geologické zajímavosti Českého ráje.-Pečky.; Stárková M.. et.al. (2016): Vysvětlivky k základni geologické mapě ČR 1 : 25 000 list 03-432 Nová Paka. MS archiv ČGS.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Ziegler Václav, 27.11.93
Updated by: Prouza Vladimír 15.05.03, Prouza Vladimír 29.09.09, Tasáryová Zuzana 11.01.16, Gürtlerová Pavla 27.07.16, Stárková Marcela 15.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 267 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/267.

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