Levín - andezitoidy, polodrahokamy
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Liberecký kraj, Královéhradecký kraj
District (town):
Semily, Jičín
Village:
Stará Paka, Levínská Olešnice
Cadastre:
Stará Paka, Levínská Olešnice
Map sheets:
03-43 Jičín, 03-432 Nová Paka
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
270
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Small rocky outcrops in surroundings of Levín hill (c. 508). Both, massive and amygdaloidic andesite of Levín Highland. It is a complicated volcanic body formed by lava-flows and subordinate layers of tuffs and tuffites, interpreted (Schovánková 1989) as stratovolcano. Well known locality of attractive agates and jaspers found both in andesites and in deluvial deposits N of the hill.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Upper Carboniferous and Permian > Permocarboniferous Volcanics
Stratigraphy:
Permian
Subject:
mineralogy, petrology, archeology
Geological phenomenon:
lava, volcaniclastic deposits, vulcano, characteristic rock
Genesis:
volcanic
Rock:
melaphyre, volcaniclastic deposits
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Part of national geopark:
Bohemian Paradise
Conflicts of interests:
collection
References
- Gotthardt J./1933/: Petrografická povaha podkrkonošských melafyrů.-APPVČ,18,2,65 p.Praha.
- Ziegler V./1977/: Geologické poměry chráněné krajinné oblasti Český ráj.-Bohemia centralis,6,p.7-42.Praha.
- Ziegler V./MS/: Geologické zajímavosti Českého ráje.-Pečky.
- Schovánková D. (1989): Petrologie mladopaleozoických vulkanitů podkrkonošské pánve. - Permské bazaltandezity. - MS Archiv ČGS, Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Václav Ziegler, 26.11.1993
Updated by:
Prouza Vladimír, 15.05.2003, Šimůnek Zbyněk, 29.09.2009, Tasáryová Zuzana, 09.08.2016
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 270 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/270.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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