General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Příbram
Cadastre: Skoupý
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2222, 22223
Geological region: Central Bohemian Pluton and Roof Pendants of the Central Bohemian Pluton
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 481

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Active quarry. Unique section through fossil reef. It was completely recrystallised and affected by a contact metamorphosis due to a presence of nearby granitoids of the Central Bohemian pluton. In some more preserved parts crinoid remains were found, possibly of the Devonian age. Significant locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Island zone of Cntral Bohemian Pluton (roof pendants)
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: paleontology, stratigraphy, petrology
Geological phenomenon: cliff, dyke, fossils fauna, stratotype, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: limestone, lamprophyre

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: open cast mining, reclamation

References

Chlupáč I./1981/: K stratigrafii a faciálnímu vývoji metamorfovaného paleozoika sedlčansko-krásnohorského ostrova. Věst.Ústř.Úst.geol.56:225-232.Praha. Chlupáč I./1991/: Nově navrhované chráněné geologické lokality v okolí Sedlčan a Krásné Hory.-Čas.Mineral.Geol.36:163-173.Praha. Svoboda J./1933/: Metamorfovaný ostrov sedlčansko-krásnohorský.-Archiv.přírodověd.Výzkum Čech,18,4:1-62.Praha. Svoboda J. et al./1964/: Regionální geologie ČSSR,1,2.Ústř.Úst.geol.Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Chlupáč Ivo, 22.11.92
Updated by: Kachlík Václav 14.10.10, Vajskebrová Markéta 22.11.19

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 481 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-19]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/481.

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