General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Chrudim
Cadastre: Skuteč
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1344, 13442
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - E-Bohemian and W-Moravian Cretaceous; Chrudim Cretaceous; Králíky Furrow; Police Basin
Accessibility: - special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3628

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The active quarry exposing Cretaceous sediments of the Bílá Hora Formation (the Lower Turonian). This locality is located nearby southernmost margin of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin. The sediment sequence consists of calcareous sandy marlstones and spongilitic claystones silicified in places. This stone is appreciated as a source of building and decoration materials. So called "opuka" (mostly calcareous siltstone or marlstone) is typical for this locality. The section was also studied from hydrogeological viewpoint. This locality belongs to the National Geopark Železné hory - the Iron Mountains".
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - turon - spodní turon
Subject: geology, lithology, hydrogeology, stratigraphy, structural geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: bed
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: siltstone, marlstone

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: open cast mining

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, Kukal Zdeněk 26.09.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3628 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-23]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3628.

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