General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Hradec Králové
Cadastre: Vidochov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0343, 03432
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous of the Krkonoše-piedmont and Lower Silesian basins
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Technical object: guarry
ID : 3940

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry exposing sandstone and conglomerate of the Vrchlabí Beds. Some siltstone beds also occur. Sandstones are typical with their reddish and brownish colour and dark patches. Sandstone contain scattered coarser grained clasts. It is supposed that these sediments represent typical Permian fluvial depositional environment. The locality is situated in the Krkonoše Piedmont Basin.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Lugic Late Palaeozoicum (including Triassic deposits)
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - perm - spodní perm
Subject: geology, sedimentology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, conglomerate

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of the Geopark: Bohemian Paradise
Conflicts of interests: forestry, vegetation

References

Stárková et al. (2016): Vysvětlivky k Základní geol. mapě list 03-432 Nová Paka.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Stárková Marcela, 29.07.16
Updated by: Stárková Marcela 15.12.17, Stárková Marcela 15.12.17, Kukal Zdeněk 14.02.18

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3940 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-01]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3940.

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