Medník
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Praha-západ
Village:
Hradištko
Cadastre:
Hradištko pod Medníkem
Map sheets:
12-42 Zbraslav,12-44 Týnec nad Sázavou, 12-423 Davle,12-441 Štěchovice
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
1200
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Geologically, botanically and touristically very attractive area. Several levels of terrace deposits bear traces of old gold washing. Also special plants and animals. - Jílové volcanic belt. Nice outcrop of pillow lavas and nearby contact of albite granite with volcanites. One of the best examples of pillow lavas. Large section in the Barrandian Upper Proterozoic. Kralupy-Zbraslav Group and Jílové belt. The outcrops of albite granite. Strongly affected tectonically.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Quaternary > Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif;
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Quaternary
Subject:
mineralogy, structural geology, petrology, botany, mining and mining impacts, zoology, geology
Geological phenomenon:
rock, slickenside, outcrop, dyke, unconformity
Genesis:
sedimentary, volcanic , magmatic
Rock:
greenschist, granite, basalt, slate, schist
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
National nature monument
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 240 (Medník)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
forestry, collection, tourism
References
- Morávek P. - Röhlich P. (2000): Jílovský zlatonosný revír a jílovské pásmo v dolním toku Sázavy.- Exkurze ČGS polečnosti č. 5, s.24, ČGÚ Praha. Knížetová L., Pecina P., Pivničková M., 1987: Prověrka maloplošných chráněných území a jejich návrhů ve Středočeském kraji v letech 1982 - 85.-Středisko památkové péče a ochrany přírody Středočeského kraje, Bohemia centralis, sv. 16, str. 203 - 204, Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ludmila Knížetová, 28.08.2001, Petr Morávek, 28.08.2001, Pavel Rohlich, 28.08.2001
Updated by:
Gürtlerová Pavla, 12.11.2008
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1200 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1200.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
national
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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