General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Rokycany
Cadastre: Hlohovičky
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1232, 12323
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3759

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry in the Hlohovičky village in the periphery of Křivoklát-Rokycany formation. Rocks are dacites of the Furong age.They reveal rather massive, no n-altered appearance.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - kambrium - svrchní kambrium
Subject: lithology
Geological phenomenon: lava, stony organ
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: dacite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Vorel T. et.al.(2014): Vysvětlivky ke geologické mapě 12-323 podmokly. - Archiv ČGS Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Hradecký Petr, 01.04.14

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3759 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3759.

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