Vimperk - granitový metaporfyr
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihočeský kraj
District (town):
Prachatice
Village:
Vimperk
Cadastre:
Vimperk
Map sheets:
22-34 Vimperk, 22-343 Vimperk
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
3515
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Moldanubicum,. magmatites, Šumava Mts. Outcrop in artificial trench showing biotite metaporphyry. This rock is greyish-brownish, massive, with augen texture, without traces of migmatization. It forms irregular bodies and iis penetrated by light granite lenses. Poprphyry contains porphyroclasts of potassium feldspar and plagioclase, among accossories apatite, allanite, zircon and monazite were found. Mineralogy, as well as chemistry and magnetic susceptibility were studied in detail.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moldanubicum > Magmatites in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy:
Devonian - Permian
Subject:
petrology
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock
Genesis:
magmatic, metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
porphyry
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Žáček. et al. (2012): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1 : 25 list 22-343 Vimperk.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Pavla Gürtlerová, 04.05.2012
Updated by:
Žáček Vladimír, 11.05.2012, Kukal Zdeněk, 08.11.2012
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3515 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3515.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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