Rumpál
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Plzeňský kraj
District (town):
Rokycany
Village:
Přívětice, Březina
Cadastre:
Sklená Huť, Březina u Rokycan
Map sheets:
12-33 Plzeň, 12-332 Radnice
Accessibility:
passable footpath
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
1011
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Abandoned quarry on the prominent hill surrounded with thick talus and rocky scree. Rocks are made of massive quartzose sandstones. In some blocks fragmentary preserved fauna was found.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
paleontology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon:
outcrop, fossils fauna
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
quartzite
Territorial protection
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, code 1159 (Rumpál)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Kraft, J. (1983): Chráněná a k ochraně navržená paleontologická naleziště Rokycanska. - Sbor. Západočes. Muz. v Plzni, Příroda, 45, 1-51. Plzeň.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jaroslav Kraft, 24.06.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 23.09.2009, Steinová Marika, 23.11.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1011 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1011.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
no problems
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