General Characteristics

County (administration): Liberec Region
District (town): Semily
Cadastre: Chuchelna
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0332, 03324
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous of the Krkonoše-piedmont and Lower Silesian basins
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
Technical object: guarry
ID : 561

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Active quarry with vast outcrops of Tertiary basalts. Lava flows exhibit columnar jointing. Also interesting botanical locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Dispersed Alcalic volcanits
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén)
Subject: volcanology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: lava flow, stony organ
Genesis: volcanic , sedimentary
Rock: basanite, clay, gravel

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
Part of the Geopark: Bohemian Paradise
Conflicts of interests: waste disposal

References

Raprrich, V., red. (2011): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 03-324 Turnov. - Česká geologická služba. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Drozen Jan, 31.12.94
Updated by: Rapprich Vladislav 31.08.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 561 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/561.

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