Medvědí skála
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Ústecký kraj
District (town):
Most
Village:
Nová Ves v Horách
Cadastre:
Mikulovice v Krušných horách
Map sheets:
02-31 Litvínov, 02-313 Nová Ves n.H.
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
328
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Rocky hill consisting of a coase-grained porphyritic muscovite-biotite metagranite. Schistose layers correspond to augengneiss in zones of tectonic reworking. Frost activity caused intensive mechanical blocky weathering. Petrologically and geomorphologically important locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Saxothuringicum > Krušné hory and Smrčiny crystalline complexes
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic
Subject:
petrology, geology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon:
tor, deformation fabrics, characteristic rock
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism), frost weathering
Rock:
orthogneiss
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Mlčoch, B. et al. (1990): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1 : 25 000 02-314 Litvínov. - ÚÚG Praha.
- Škvor, V. et al. (1970): Závěrečná zpráva o geologických výzkumech Krušných hor a Smrčin (1960 - 1969), díl 2. - Archiv ČGU Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Bedřich Mlčoch, 05.11.1994
Updated by:
Mlčoch Bedřich, 08.10.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 328 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/328.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
minor
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
no problems
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