Chmelnice - lomy při silnici Trutnov - St.Rokytník
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Královéhradecký kraj
District (town):
Trutnov
Village:
Trutnov
Cadastre:
Bojiště u Trutnova
Map sheets:
03-44 Dvůr Králové nad Labem, 03-442 S.Buky
Accessibility:
entry permit for car necessary
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
253
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Abandoned quarry exposing the uppermost parts of the Trutnov Formation. It is formed of medium- and coarse-grained multicoloured sandstones exhibiting channel current bedding. Also typical ancient floodplain sediments. Some sandstones have carbonate cement and weathered out selectively. Stratigraphically important locality. This locality is recommended for protection.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Upper Carboniferous and Permian > Lugic Late Palaeozoicum (including Triassic deposits) > Basin under Krušné hory Mts.
Stratigraphy:
Permian
Subject:
stratigraphy, sedimentology, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
ripple marks, concretion , cliff, bedding, characteristic rock
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
sandstone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
vegetation
References
- Prouza V.(1961): Zpráva o geol.mapování ve v.části podkrkonošského permokarbonu v. od Trutnova.-Zpr.geol.Výzk.v r.1958,68-69.Praha.
- Prouza V.(1961): Zpráva o geol.mapování v okolí Trutnova.-Zpr.geol.Výzk. v r. 1960,100-102.Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Vladimír Prouza, 16.07.1999, Marcela Stárková, 16.07.1999
Updated by:
Prouza Vladimír, 15.05.2003, Prouza Vladimír, 23.09.2009, Kukal Zdeněk, 20.12.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 253 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/253.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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