Prachovice
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Pardubický kraj
District (town):
Chrudim
Village:
Vápenný Podol, Prachovice
Cadastre:
Vápenný Podol, Prachovice
Map sheets:
13-41 Čáslav, 13-414 Ronov nad Doubravou
Accessibility:
special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
3657
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
The active quarry exploiting the Silurian and Devonian limestones. The whole Palaeozoic section was stratigraphicallly reclassified and some new terms proposed, such as "the Prachovice Beds". Several limestone layers are fossil-bearing and recently microfauna was studied. Partly the correlation with the Barrandian stratotypes is possible. Some veinlets of hydrothermal origin transect the limestone body. That is why many minerals were found in the quarry and its surroundings. Karst features of different sort can be observed in the limestones. This locality belongs to the National Geopark "Železné hory- the Iron Mts.".
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Chrudim Early Palaeozoic > Vápenný Podol Syncline
Stratigraphy:
Silurian, Devonian
Subject:
sedimentology, stratigraphy, structural geology, mineralogy, hydrogeology
Geological phenomenon:
fold, outcrop, fossils fauna, fault, mineral, stratotype
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
limestone, phyllitic schist, black shale, marble, dolomite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Part of national geopark:
Železné hory
Conflicts of interests:
private property, open cast mining
References
- DOUCEK, Jan (2012): Národní Geopark Železné hory - mapování. Závěrečná zpráva, MS Vodní zdroje Chrudim, spol. s r. o.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Anna Králová, 08.02.2013
Updated by:
Kukal Zdeněk, 12.09.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3657 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3657.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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