General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Chrudim
Cadastre: Lažany u Skutče
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1433, 14331
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - E-Bohemian and W-Moravian Cretaceous; Chrudim Cretaceous; Králíky Furrow; Police Basin
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Technical object: sand pit
ID : 3615

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The abandoned sandpit which exposes sandstones,sand and gravel. In this pit the sequence of sediments of the Peruc-Korycany Formation is exposed. It is formed of alternating layers of quartzose and glauconitic sandstones, gravelly sandstones and even conglomerates. Runded quartz pebbles are as large as 3 cm across. Some platy compacted sediment layers were exploited for building purposes. This locality belongs to the National Geopark "Železné hnory - the Iron Mountains".
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman
Subject: geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, bed
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
Part of the Geopark: Železné hory
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

DOUCEK, Jan (2012): Národní Geopark Železné hory - mapování. Závěrečná zpráva, MS Vodní zdroje Chrudim, spol. s r. o.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Králová Anna, 05.11.12
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 21.09.17, Krejčí Zuzana 26.09.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3615 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3615.

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