General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Náchod
Cadastre: Stárkov - Horní Dřevíč
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0433, 04332
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 : 302

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Stream valley with outcrops of sediments of the Bohuslavice Formation. In nearby sand pit two types of sandstones prevail: Violet-brown, gravelly subarkoses diagonally bedded and greenish coarse-grained subarkoses. Sedimentologically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Lugic Late Palaeozoicum (including Triassic deposits)
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - perm
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: cliff, bedding, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Broumovsko
Part of the Geopark: Broumovsko
Conflicts of interests: road construction

References

Holub V., Prouza V., Tásler R., Valín F.(1969): Geologie a litologie saxonu, thuringu a sp.triasu v sv.Čechách. - MS Geofond. Praha.; Archívní geol.mapa list Hronov 610-1008 (Křovákova projekce) s dokumentací. - MS Geofond. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Tásler Radko, 31.12.94
Updated by: Prouza Vladimír 20.05.03, Prouza Vladimír 23.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 302 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-10]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/302.

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