General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Trutnov
Cadastre: Pec pod Sněžkou
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0324, 03243
Geological region: Lužice Pluton and Krkonoše-Jizera Massif; Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline complex
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 2705

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Mt.Sněžka summit, highest Czech mountain. Rocks are represented by muscovite-chlorite mica schists affected by contact metamorphism during emplacement of Krkonoše-Jizera granitoids.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Krkonoše-Jizerské hory Mts.crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: geology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (contact metamorphism)
Rock: mica schist, granite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in National park
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): NP (National park) - Krkonoše
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Konopásek, J. et al.(2006): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1:25 000, listy 03-243 03-244 Horní Malá Úpa, - MS, ČGS

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Konopásek Jiří, 26.01.07

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2705 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-05]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2705.

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