General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Trutnov
Cadastre: Horní Albeřice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0342, 03422
Geological region: Lužice Pluton and Krkonoše-Jizera Massif; Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline complex
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 3393

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Palaeozoic of the Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline. Two abandoned limestone quarries having quarried raw material for nearby limekiln during the 19th century. In one of these quarries entrance to the karst cave can be found. So called Krakonoš Cave is as long as 140 m. It is important and protected as horsehoe wintering ground.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Krkonoše-Jizerské hory Mts.crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: geology, lithology, botany, zoology
Geological phenomenon: karst, karst cave
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in National park
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): NP (National park) - Krkonoše
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Žáčková E. et.al. (2012): Vysvětlivky k základni geologické mapě ČR 1 : 25 000 list 03-422 Žacléř. MS archiv ČGS.; Tásler R. (2016): Geologie karbonátových těles Albeřic a Suchého dolu v Krkonoších a přehled krasových jevů na ně vázaných. Opera Corcontica 53, 125-148.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Žáčková Eliška, 16.01.12
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 08.02.12, Kukal Zdeněk 26.11.12, Vajskebrová Markéta 12.07.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3393 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-05]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3393.

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