Prkenný Důl - Babí zelené břidlice
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Královéhradecký kraj
District (town):
Trutnov
Village:
Žacléř
Cadastre:
Prkenný Důl
Map sheets:
03-42 Trutnov, 03-424 Trutnov
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
3486
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Paleozoic of the Rýchory crystalline. Belt oof metabasites cropping out in the road cut. Tectonically affected greenschists, consistig of chlorite, albite, carbonate and opaque minerals, disintegrated, with films of dark chlorite. Tectonized parts contain typical quartz and carbonate boudins and veinlets.
Regional geologic unit:
> Rýchory crystalline complex
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
structural geology, lithology
Geological phenomenon:
deformation fabrics, characteristic rock
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
greenschist
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Interesting geological localities in National park
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Krkonošský národní park
Part of national geopark:
Broumovsko
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Schovánek P. et al. (2012): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 03424 Trutnov. Česká geologická služba. Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Pavla Gürtlerová, 08.03.2012
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3486 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3486.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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