General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Cheb
Cadastre: Mnichov u Mariánských Lázní
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1141, 11411,11233
Geological region: Teplá, Tachov, Smrčiny, Svatava, Cheb-Dyleň a Slavkov crystalline complexes, Thüringen - Vogtland Palaeozoic; Karlovy Vary Massif (SE part)
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Technical object: guarry, old mine workings
ID : 365

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Natural outcrop of a serpentinite which belongs to the Mariánské Lázně Complex of metabasites. Petrologically important, also botanical locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Mariánské Lázně complex
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: petrology, botany, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: serpentinite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Slavkovský les
Part of the Geopark: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Zahradnický J., Mackovčin P. a kol.(2005): Plzeňsko a Karlovarsko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek XI. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str. 530, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Žáček Vladimír, 18.10.94
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 30.07.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 365 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-24]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/365.

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