General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Ústí nad Labem
Cadastre: Krásný les
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0214, 02144
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Jizera Cretaceous & Cretaceous of the lower section of Labe River, Ploučnice, Kamenice and the Děčínský Sněžník Mt.
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 338

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry exposing basal Cretaceous conglomerate. It contains pebbles of quartz up to 10 cm across, some gneiss pebbles and flakes of muscovite. This conglomerate is often cemented by ferruginous cement. The conglomerate pass upward into quartzose sandstone. It was proved that above mentioned conglomerate belongs to the marine Cenomanian. Stratigraphically important locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman
Subject: paleontology, stratigraphy, petrology
Geological phenomenon: bedding, characteristic rock, fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, conglomerate

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
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Gabert, C. - Beck, R. (1903): Erläuterungen zur geologischen Spezialkarte des Königreichs Sachsen. Section Fürstenwalde - Graupen. - Bl. 120, 107 p. Leipzig. Malkovský, M. in Schovánek, P. et al. (1991): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSFR 1 : 25 000 02-144, 02-142 Petrovice. ČGÚ Praha. Škvor, V. et al. (1970): Vysvětlivky ke geologické mapě 1 : 50 000 M-33-40-D Chabařovice. - MS ÚÚG Praha. Zahálka, Č. (1916): Severočeský útvar křídový z Rudohoří až po Ještěd. - Roudnice nad Labem.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Schovánek Pavel, 19.08.94
Updated by: Vajskebrová Markéta 15.11.21

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 338 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-28]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/338.

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