General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Jičín
Cadastre: Jičín
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0343, 03431
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Labe & Čáslav Cretaceous; Cretaceous of the Dlouhá mez
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 3361

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, Cenomanian. Abandoned open pit exposing yellowish medium-grained quartzose sandstones of the Cenomanian Korycany Beds (part of the Peruc-Korycany Formation). Formerly, quartzose sandstones were quarried there.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman
Subject: geology, sedimentology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, characteristic rock, slickenside
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of the Geopark: Bohemian Paradise
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Stárková M., Adamová M., Burda J., Čáp P., Drábková J., Dvořák I., Grygar R., Holásek O., Hroch T., Kycl P., Krupička J., Pécskay Z., Rapprich V., Rýda K., Řídkošil T., Skácelová Z., Šimůnek Z., Šebesta J., Tasáryová Z., Zajíc J. (2011): Vysvětlivky k základni geologické mapě ČR 1 : 25 000 03-431 list Lomnice nad Popelkou. Závěrečná zpráva, 190 s. MS archiv ČGS.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Čáp Pavel, 14.11.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3361 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3361.

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