General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Náchod
Cadastre: Šonov u Broumova
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0432, 04323
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous of the Krkonoše-piedmont and Lower Silesian basins
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1837

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Small rocks in the south part of Rudný vrch (hill). Massive andesitoide (=melaphyre=), the same type as at the Kamenec. Unusual type of weathering.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Permocarboniferous Volcanits
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - perm
Subject: geology, geomorphology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: andesite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Broumovsko
Part of the Geopark: Broumovsko
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Tásler R. (1995): Revize lokalit geologického charakteru navrhovaných k ochraně v CHKO Broumovsko. ? MS. str.8. Archiv CHKO Broumovsko.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Plná Věra, 10.12.03
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 12.09.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1837 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1837.

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