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: - passable footpath
ID : 3161

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Moldanubicum, Šumava Mts. Small vegetated rocky outcrops exhibiting quartz diorite with orbicular texture. It represents local rock type occurring at a margin oof hornblende-biotite Světlice orthogneiss. Polished slabs of this rock are very attractive and are deposited in the National Museum at Prague.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: petrology, lithology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, characteristic rock
Genesis: magmatic, metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: diorite

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
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

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: Seifert Antonín 16.09.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3161 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-07]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3161.

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