Drahouš - metabazalt
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Rakovník
Village:
Drahouš
Cadastre:
Drahouš
Map sheets:
12-13 Jesenice, 12-133 Jesenice
Accessibility:
special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
3526
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Barrandian Neoproterozoic. Active quarry, now inactive. Outcrops of metabasalts with metatuffs and metatuffites, products of submarine extrusions. These rocks form a belt between granite plutons. They are dark, blackish-greenish, fine grained, massive with numerous veinlets with diopside and plagioclase. Locally accumulations of pyrrhotite are present.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien > Barrandien - Paleozoic
Stratigraphy:
Neoproterozoic
Subject:
geology, petrology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon:
rock, horizontal section, outcrop
Genesis:
metamorphic (contact metamorphism)
Rock:
metabasalt
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Fiala,F.(1977):Proterozoický vulkanismus Barrandienu a problematika spilitů.- Sbor.geo.věd,Geol.30, 1 - 211. Praha.
- Seifert A., red. (2012): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 12-133 Jesenice. Česká geologická služba. Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Petr Štěpánek, 03.05.2012
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3526 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3526.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
no problems
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