General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Chomutov
Cadastre: Kamenné
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0144, 01443
Geological region: Krušné hory Mts. crystalline complex; Karlovy Vary Massif (SW part)
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 326

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Bizarre rock resembling sfinx. It consists of coarse-grained porphyritic orthogneiss (belonging to a group of red gneisses after Saxonian geologists). Such gneisses occur often in cores of anticlinal structures. Geomorphologically and petrologically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory and Smrčiny crystalline complexes
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geomorphology, petrology, geology
Geological phenomenon: frost cliff, characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: orthogneiss

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
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)
Conflicts of interests: vegetation

References

Mlčoch B. a kolektiv autorů, 1994: Geologicky významné lokality v severočeské pánvi a jejím okolí, chráněné nebo navrhované k ochraně.- Český geologický ústav Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Schovánek Pavel, 11.11.94
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 24.11.04, Mlčoch Bedřich 08.10.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 326 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/326.

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