General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Pardubice
Cadastre: Lipoltice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1341, 13412
Geological region: Oheb, Svratka and Polička crystalline complex; Železné hory Mts. Proterozoic; Hlinsko Zone; Železné hory Mts. Pluton; Chrudim Palaeozoic
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 4108

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Type locality (stratotype) of the regional lithostratigraphic unit - lipoltické souvrství (Lipoltice Formation). In the shales some the lower-middle Ordovician macrofauna was found.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Chrudim Early Palaeozoic
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - ordovik - spodní ordovik
Subject: stratigraphy, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: stratotype
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: quartzite, slate, schist

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological Locality)
Part of the Geopark: Železné hory
Conflicts of interests: waste disposal

References

Čech, S. ed. (2021): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1 : 25 000. list 13-412 Přelouč. – MS Archiv Čes. geol. služ. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Čech Stanislav, 07.12.17
Updated by: Čech Stanislav 13.03.21

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 4108 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-28]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/4108.

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