General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Tachov
Cadastre: Výškovice
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: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 373

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry exploiting blocks of garnet-bearing metagabbro for decoration purposes. Mineral association plagioclase + pyroxene + hornblende is typical. Petrologically important locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Mariánské Lázně complex
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: petrology, building and decorative stone
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: gabbro

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Slavkovský les
Conflicts of interests: reclamation, vegetation

References

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Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Žáček Vladimír, 01.08.94
Updated by: Žáček Vladimír 14.06.10, Vajskebrová Markéta 25.06.21

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 373 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-30]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/373.

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