Lom Chlum

General Characteristics

County (administration): Středočeský kraj
District (town): Praha-východ
Village: Kunice
Cadastre: Dolní Lomnice u Kunic
Map sheets: 13-31 Říčany, 13-313 Mnichovice
Accessibility: passable footpath
Technical object: quarry
ID: 2778


Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The elevation called Chlum with abandoned deep quarry on its slope. On the quarry walls the granodiorite of the Central Bohemian Pluton are exposed. Slope parts are covered by weathered granite and slope loam. The locality is classified as Nature Monument.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif > Moldanubicum > Magmatites in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: Devonian - Permian
Subject: economic geology, zoology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: magmatic
Rock: granite


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 1408 (Lom Chlum)
Conflicts of interests: private property


References
  • Ložek V., Kubíková J., Spryňar P. a kol.(2005): Střední Čechy. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek XIII. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, Praha str.518

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Pavla Gürtlerová, 22.05.2007
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 11.10.2010, Kukal Zdeněk, 01.03.2018


Citation

The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2778 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2778.


Location in map:

Assessment

Scientifical assesment: minor
Educational assesment: minor
Significance: regional
Representativeness: middle
Geological importance:
Locality conditions: acceptable

You can send information about a change in the status of the site to lokality@geology.cz

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