Lůmek u Bečvár

General Characteristics

County (administration): Středočeský kraj
District (town): Kolín
Village: Bečváry
Cadastre: Bečváry
Map sheets: 13-32 Kolín, 13-323 Uhr.Janovice
Accessibility: passable footpath
Technical object: guarry
ID: 2504


Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Kutná Hora Crystalline. Small old quarry. Srpentinite body is exposed with veins of pyroxenite with garnet. According to detailed petrologic study this rock is classified as serpentinized garnetic lherzolite. Garnets are 4 - 8 mm large and of pyrope composition.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic > Kutná Hora and Svratka region > Kutná Hora crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: Proterozoic
Subject: petrology, mineralogy, economic geology, geology
Geological phenomenon: cliff, characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: serpentine, pyroxenite


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 1016 (Lůmek u Bečvár)
Conflicts of interests: recreation, vegetation


References
  • Knížetová L., Pecina P., Pivničková M., 1987: Prověrka maloplošných chráněných území a jejich návrhů ve Středočeském kraji v letech 1982 - 85. - Bohemia centralis, sv. 16, str. 85 - 86, Středisko státní památkové péče a ochrany přírody Středočeského kraje, Praha.
  • Pertoldová J. (2007): Korelace litologicky kontrastních hornin v jednotkách krystalinika při sv. okraji moldanubika. MS, ČGS, Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Ludmila Knížetová, 31.12.1987
Updated by: Nahodilová Radmila, 29.10.2007, Štědrá Veronika, 23.09.2010, Kukal Zdeněk, 04.10.2012


Citation

The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2504 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2504.


Location in map:

Assessment

Scientifical assesment: great
Educational assesment: middle
Significance: international
Representativeness: major
Geological importance: significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality: yes
Locality conditions: acceptable

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