General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Ústí nad Labem
Cadastre: Petrovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0214, 02144
Geological region: Krušné hory Mts. crystalline complex; Karlovy Vary Massif (SW part)
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 337

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Natural forested outcrop shows a fine- up to medium-grained muscovite-biotite orthogneiss with paragneiss xenoliths, which are partly assimilated. In the orthogneiss there is a thin layer of fine-grained amfibolite. Petrologically important locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory and Smrčiny crystalline complexes
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geology, petrology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: fold
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: amphibolite

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: estates

References

Schovánek, P. et al. (1991): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSFR 1 : 25 000 02-144, 02-142 Petrovice. ČGÚ Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Mlčoch Bedřich, 26.10.94
Updated by: Mlčoch Bedřich 10.10.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 337 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/337.

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