General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Klatovy
Cadastre: Hamry na Šumavě, Hojsova stráž
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2142,2144, 21423
Geological region: Šumava Moldanubicum - district KT; Moldanubicum of the Český les Mts.; Domažlice crystalline complex; W-Bohemian Pluton; W-Bohemian basic magmatites
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 421

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Waterfall on the Bílý potok brook. Formed due to a presence of a bank of fine-grained muscovitic quartzite. This quartzite is far more resistant to the weathering as the surrounding two-mica micaschist.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of denudation areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - ordovik
Subject: geomorphology, hydrogeology, lithology
Geological phenomenon: waterfall, fold, outcrop, deformation fabrics
Genesis: aquatic (water activity), metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: qurtzite, mica schist

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National nature reserve in Protected landscape area
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 (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Šumava
Part of the Geopark: Královská Šumava
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Babůrek J.(1993): Polymetamorfní vývoj jednotky Královského hvozdu.-Zpráva k úkolu Hlubinná stavba Českého masivu, Archiv ČGÚ, Praha.; Babůrek, J.(ed.)(2012): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1 : 25 000, 21-423 Stará Lhota, MS Česká geologická služba Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Babůrek Jiří, 01.10.94
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 12.11.08, Gürtlerová Pavla 21.02.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 421 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-08]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/421.

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