General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Tachov
Cadastre: Nová Ves
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2112, 21122
Geological region: Šumava Moldanubicum - district KT; Moldanubicum of the Český les Mts.; Domažlice crystalline complex; W-Bohemian Pluton; W-Bohemian basic magmatites
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 383

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry in a cordieritic gneiss with quartzite lense. Aggregates of potassium feldspar also visible. Slight muscovitisation. Petrologically interesting.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: petrology, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: paragneiss

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Český les
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Vejnar, Z. et al. (1986): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1 : 25 000, 21-121, 21-122 Rozvadov. - ÚÚG Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Kopecký Václav, 20.10.94
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 17.08.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 383 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/383.

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