Kovářův mlýn
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Liberecký kraj
District (town):
Semily
Village:
Košťálov
Cadastre:
Košťálov
Map sheets:
03-41 Semily, 03-413 Semily
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
1664
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Rudník Horizon of Vrchlabí Formation (Autunian): Dark grey to black mudstones and calcareous claystones, often bituminous, thin bedded, with thin banks of bituminous clayey limestones. They contain plant fossils (especially - calipterids)and animal fossils (fish, sharks, tetrapods, controstracs, water vertebrats).
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Upper Carboniferous and Permian > Lugic Late Palaeozoicum (including Triassic deposits) > Basin under Krušné hory Mts.
Stratigraphy:
Carboniferous
Subject:
paleontology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, fossils-flora, concretion
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
claystone, black shale
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 1750 (Kovářův mlýn)
Part of national geopark:
Bohemian Paradise
Conflicts of interests:
others human activity, collection
References
- Mackovčin P., Sedláček M. a Kuncová J. (2002): Chráněná území ČR - Liberecko, Svazek III. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, Praha
- Prouza, V., red. (v tisku): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 03-413 Semily. - Česká geologická služba. Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Markéta Lorencová, 26.06.2007
Updated by:
Prouza Vladimír, 21.11.2007, Šimůnek Zbyněk, 04.09.2009, Prouza Vladimír, 22.04.2010
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1664 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1664.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping)
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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