General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Plzeň-sever
Cadastre: Rabštejn nad Střelou
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1124, 11244
Geological region: Teplá, Tachov, Smrčiny, Svatava, Cheb-Dyleň a Slavkov crystalline complexes, Thüringen - Vogtland Palaeozoic; Karlovy Vary Massif (SE part)
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3816

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Old abandoned quarries where roofing slates were exploited. Three quarries of different ages overlook Střela River close to the Rabštejn nad Střelou Castle. Petrgraphically, these roofing slates can be called chlorite-sericite phyllites with biotite admixture. X-ray analysis discovered quartz, albite, chlorite and muscovite. Phyllites represent metamorphosed Proterozoic shales affected by the Cadomian orogeny.Phyllite disintegrate along foliation planes into thin plates. All quarries are rimmed by numerous dumps. Geologically belong this area into the Teplá Crystalline of Neoproterozoic age.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Teplá crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum - neoproterozoikum (1000 - 542 Ma)
Subject: petrology, mining and mining impacts, building and decorative stone, geology
Geological phenomenon: horizontal section, scree, characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: phyllite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve
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 )
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Žáček et al. (2015) : Vysvětlivky ke geologické mapě 11-244 list Žlutice. - MS Archív ČGS Praha.; Fediuk F. (2000): Die Dachschiefer von Rabenstein, Westböhmen.- Beitrag zur Exkursion der deutschen Spezialisten, 1-8, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Žáček Vladimír, 01.12.14
Updated by: Vajskebrová Markéta 23.04.21

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3816 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-23]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3816.

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