General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Příbram
Cadastre: Týnčany, Vitín, Skoupý
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2222, 22223
Geological region: Central Bohemian Pluton and Roof Pendants of the Central Bohemian Pluton
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 484

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Forested elevation with natural and artificial outcrops. Classic locality where the development of Metamorpic Islets was first recognized. Limestones of the Zbirov Formation are exposed (with a karst cave). Ghosts after fossil remains appear in these limestones. Also Skoupá Conglomerate is exposed. Very significant locality from geological and stratigraphical viewpoints. This locality is recommended for protection.
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: stratigraphy, geology, botany
Geological phenomenon: karst, rock, stratotype, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: limestone, conglomerate

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: waste disposal, forestry, agriculture

References

Chlupáč I./1989/: Stratigraphy of the Sedlčany-Krásná Hora Metamorphic Islet in Bohemia /Proterozoic? to Devonian/. Čas.Mineral.Geol.,34:1-16.Praha. Chlupáč I./1991/: Nově navrhované chráněné geologické lokality v okolí Sedlčan a Krásné Hory.-Čas.Mineral.Geol.36:163-173.Praha. Kettner R./1930/: O postavení metamorfovaných ostrovů oblasti středočeského žulového masívu.-Sbor.Stát.geol.Úst.Čs.Rep.9:301-368.Praha. Svoboda J./1933/: Metamorfovaný ostrov sedlčansko-krásnohorský.- Archiv přírodověd.výzkum Čech,18,4:1-62.Praha.; Cílek V./1993/: Přehled výzkumů Týnčanského krasu.Speleo,10:29-33.Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Chlupáč Ivo, 21.11.92
Updated by: Kachlík Václav 14.10.10, Kukal Zdeněk 24.11.17, Vajskebrová Markéta 20.11.19

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 484 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/484.

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