Lom Královec v ryolitech
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Královéhradecký kraj
District (town):
Trutnov
Village:
Královec
Cadastre:
Královec
Map sheets:
03-42 Trutnov,04-31 Meziměstí, 03-422 Žacléř,04-311 Libná
Accessibility:
entry permit for car necessary
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
3389
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Permocarboniferous of the Krkonoše Piedmont and Intrasudetic basins. The quarry exposes part of 400 m thick rhyolite body. Typical example of the Permian extrusive felsitic rhyolites. Multicoloured rock with several compositional types and variable ways of disintegration. Numerous small joints filled by quartz and potassium feldspars.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Upper Carboniferous and Permian > Lugic Late Palaeozoicum (including Triassic deposits) > Intra-Sudetic Basin
Stratigraphy:
Permian
Subject:
economic geology
Geological phenomenon:
outcrop
Genesis:
volcanic
Rock:
rhyolite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Part of national geopark:
Broumovsko
Conflicts of interests:
open cast mining
References
- Žáčková E. et.al. (2012): Vysvětlivky k základni geologické mapě ČR 1 : 25 000 list 03-422 Žacléř. MS archiv ČGS.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Eliška Žáčková, 16.01.2012
Updated by:
Gürtlerová Pavla, 08.02.2012, Kukal Zdeněk, 26.11.2012
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3389 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3389.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
minor
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
no problems
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