Important Geological Localities

Vinice u Skupče

General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeňský kraj
District (town): Plzeň-sever
Village: Pernarec
Cadastre: Skupeč
Map sheets: 11-44 Nýřany, 11-441 Pernarec
Accessibility: passable footpath
Technical object: quarry
ID: 2487

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Tertiary, dispersed occurrences of alkaline volcanics in Western Bohemia. Isolated elevation with abandoned shelf quarry. Only relics of larger basalt extrusion is preserved. Such an extrusion took part into water saturated environment and therefore lava spheroidal exfoliation resulted. Such rock structure was inconvenient for massive exploitation for aggregate production. Nevertheless, this well accessible locality is instructive.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Tertiary - scaterred relics of alkaline Volcanics
Stratigraphy: Tertiary
Subject: economic geology, geomorphology, petrology, volcanology
Geological phenomenon: lava, characteristic rock
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: basalt

Territorial protection

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Shrbený O., 1979: Geochemistry of the West Bohemian neovulcanics.- Čas. miner. geol., 24, 1, Praha.
Hradecký P., 1992: Tertiary volcanics in W. Bohemia.- Abstracts, Geological model of W Bohemia in rrelation to the deep borehole KTB in th FRG, MS ČGÚ Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Petr Hradecký, 18.11.1993
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk, 27.12.2012, Vajskebrová Markéta, 22.04.2021

Citation

The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2487 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2487.

Location in map:

Assessment

Scientifical assesment: medium
Educational assesment: middle
Significance: regional
Representativeness: middle
Geological importance: geoturistic value
Excursion locality: yes
Locality conditions: no problems