Krakonošův a Celní lom v Horních Albeřicích
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Královéhradecký kraj
District (town):
Trutnov
Village:
Horní Maršov
Cadastre:
Horní Albeřice
Map sheets:
03-42 Trutnov, 03-422 Žacléř
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
3393
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Palaeozoic of the Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline. Two abandoned limestone quarries having quarried raw material for nearby limekiln during the 19th century. In one of these quarries entrance to the karst cave can be found. So called Krakonoš Cave is as long as 140 m. It is important and protected as horsehoe wintering ground.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Lugicum > -Krkonoše-Jizerské hory Mts. crystalline complex
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
geology, lithology, botany, zoology
Geological phenomenon:
karst, karst cave
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
limestone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Interesting geological localities in National park
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Krkonošský národní park
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Žáčková E. et.al. (2012): Vysvětlivky k základni geologické mapě ČR 1 : 25 000 list 03-422 Žacléř. MS archiv ČGS.
- Tásler R. (2016): Geologie karbonátových těles Albeřic a Suchého dolu v Krkonoších a přehled krasových jevů na ně vázaných. Opera Corcontica 53, 125-148.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Eliška Žáčková, 16.01.2012
Updated by:
Gürtlerová Pavla, 08.02.2012, Kukal Zdeněk, 26.11.2012, Vajskebrová Markéta, 12.07.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3393 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3393.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
minor
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
no problems
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