General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Tachov
Cadastre: Výškov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1141, 11413
Geological region: Teplá, Tachov, Smrčiny, Svatava, Cheb-Dyleň a Slavkov crystalline complexes, Thüringen - Vogtland Palaeozoic; Karlovy Vary Massif (SE part)
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 369

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Natural outcrops on a hill summit. Old mining works. Crystalline limestone was exploited. Limestone body is embedded in a complex of calcsilicate rocks and amphibolites. Also interesting tectonic features, as differential folding. Geologically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Mariánské Lázně complex
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: mining and mining impacts, petrology, economic geology
Geological phenomenon: rock schelter, outcrop
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: limestone, calc-silicate rock, amphibolite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument 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
Conflicts of interests: forestry, reclamation

References

Weidl et al. (1896) a Hochstetter (1855) in Kratochvíl, J. (1958): Topografická mineralogie Čech II, Hory Michalov, 201-208. ČSAV Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Kachlík Václav, 01.04.94
Updated by: Žáček Vladimír 11.06.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 369 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/369.

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