General Characteristics

County (administration): South Bohemia Region
District (town): Písek
Cadastre: Dolní Nerestce, Horosedly
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2223, 22231
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 : 493

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarries. Crystalline limestone was quarried which contains interlayers if amphibolites and erlanes and common graphitic admixture. Tectonically complicated situation, karst features. Petrologically important 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: geology, geomorphology, lithology, structural geology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: unconformity, dyke, karst, deformation fabrics, incrustation, karst cave, cliff, rock chimney, bed, fault
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism), magmatic, tectonic, aquatic (water activity), weathering
Rock: marble, dolomite, porphyry

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
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 Locality)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Cabicar J.-Formánek P.(1980): Krasové jevy mirovického metamorfovaného ostrova. Československý kras, roč.31, str. 107-109.Praha. Cílek V.(1984): Některé minerály z československých jeskyň. Hejtman B.(1948): Soupis lomů ČSR, pol.okres Písek.SGÚ,106 str.Praha. Hejtman B.(1948): Vápencové ložisko u Dolního Nerestce (Mirovicko). Věstník ÚÚG, roč.23,str.277-292.Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Cicha Ivan, 01.11.94
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 15.03.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 493 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/493.

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