General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Louny
Cadastre: Skytaly
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1124, 11242
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous and Tertiary of the Central Bohemian & Western Bohemian limnic regions
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3511

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Section in the abandoned quarry wall: kaolinized bimodal sandstones of the Carboniferous (Línské Fm.)overlied by brownish miceous sandstones rich on magnetite. These sediments are believed to be re-deposited and kaolinized , Paleogene sandstones. Quartzite layer divides the sedimentary suite from Oligocene volcanic tuffs.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Central and Western Bohemian Late Palaeozoicum, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Central and Western Bohemian Late Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - perm - spodní perm - autun - svrchní autun
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology, volcanology
Geological phenomenon: lithological boundary, unconformity, incrustation, varnished stone
Genesis: sedimentary, volcanic , weathering , aeolian (wind activity)
Rock: kaolin, sandstone, qurtzite, tuffite

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: open cast mining

References

Lojka R. in Hradecký P. a kol. (ed): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1:25 000 11-242 Valeč. - Česká geologická služba, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Lojka Richard, 03.09.11
Updated by: Lojka Richard 08.11.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3511 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-24]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3511.

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