
Ločenice - Chlum
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihočeský kraj
District (town):
České Budějovice
Village:
Svatý Jan nad Malší
Cadastre:
Chlum nad Malší
Map sheets:
32-24 Trhové Sviny, 32-242 Trhové Sviny
Accessibility:
special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object:
sand pit
ID:
1244
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Abandoned sand pit. Tertiary sediments of the Třeboň Basin with common grains of moldavites. One of well known collecting localities of moldavites. Mineralogically and sedimentologically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Southern Bohemian Tertiary Basins
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
mineralogy, economic geology
Geological phenomenon:
mineral
Genesis:
anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock:
gravel-sand
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
forestry, collection, exploitation, water resources
References
- Chábera S. (l982): Geologické zajímavosti jižních Čech.- Jihočeská vlastivěda, str. l35-l37, Jihočeské nakladatelství České Budějovice
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Antonín Plíšek, 06.11.2001
Updated by:
Poňavič Michal, 12.07.2010
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1244 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1244.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
minor
Educational assesment:
minor
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
minor
Geological importance:
Locality conditions:
ruined
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