Radimovice
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Plzeňský kraj
District (town):
Plzeň-sever
Village:
Všeruby
Cadastre:
Radimovice u Všerub
Map sheets:
11-44 Nýřany, 11-442 Všeruby
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
2709
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Small quarry exposing metabasite rock. This fine grained rock, primary glassy, consists of plagioklase, chlorite, epidote and actinolite. Titanite is only accessoric. Microscopically, this rock is finely folded, with veinlets of dull Mg-chlorite, clinozoisite and quartz admixture. Described rock is of Proterozoic age and belongs to the Barrandian Zone.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic
Subject:
geology, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock
Genesis:
volcanic , metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
metabasalt
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Stárková M. et al.(2006): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1:25 000, list 11-442 Všeruby, - MS, ČG
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Marcela Stárková, 26.01.2007
Updated by:
Kukal Zdeněk, 08.02.2018, Vajskebrová Markéta, 22.04.2021
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2709 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2709.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
minor
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
minor
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
poor
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