Opukový lom Přední Kopaniny
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Hlavní město Praha
District (town):
Praha
Village:
Praha
Cadastre:
Přední Kopanina
Map sheets:
12-23 Kladno, 12-234 Hostivice
Accessibility:
passable footpath
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
204
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Active quarry with so called Bílá Hora opuka. Opuka is a term for fine-grained sediment consisting of clay, lime, silt and silica. Stratotype of the Bílá Hora Formation. Local so called golden opuka was a favourite natural building stone in a romanesque Prague. This quarry is the only source of this precious stone.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Cretaceous of the Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin - Vltava - Berounka development
Stratigraphy:
Turonian
Subject:
stratigraphy, paleontology, petrology, economic geology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, bed, stratotype, characteristic rock
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
opuka (aranaceous marlstone)
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 1109 (Opukový lom Přední Kopaniny)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
waste disposal
References
- Čech S., Klein V., Kříž J. a Valečka J. (1980): Revision of the Upper Cretaceous stratigraphy of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, VÚÚG, 55, 5, 277-296
- Zahálka B. (1926): Pražská opuka, Zprávy veř. služby technické, 8, 18, Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Přemysl Zelenka, 01.10.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 09.09.2009, Vajskebrová Markéta, 09.01.2023
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 204 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/204.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
national
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-historical value, geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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