General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Klatovy
Cadastre: Tužice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2231, 22312
Geological region: Central Bohemian Pluton and Roof Pendants of the Central Bohemian Pluton
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
Technical object: guarry
ID : 486

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Active quarry with blue-greyish medium-greained hornblende-biotite granodiorite with basic inclusions up to 15 cm across. Regular joints, thin veinlets of pinkish aplite also occur. Petrologically important locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Magmatites in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: petrology, economic geology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: magmatic
Rock: aplite, granodiorite

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
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Hora Z./1961: Průzkum granodioritu Tužice.-MS Geofond.Praha. Vejlupek M. et al./1990/: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSFR 1:25 000, list 22-312 Nalžovské Hory.-MS Geofond.Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Vejlupek Miroslav, 13.11.93
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 27.01.03, Gürtlerová Pavla 16.05.18

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 486 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/486.

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