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General Characteristics
County (administration):
Plzeňský kraj
District (town):
Rokycany
Village:
Mlečice
Cadastre:
Mlečice
Map sheets:
12-32 Zdice, 12-323 Podmokly
Accessibility:
access without footpath
ID:
3756
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
The outcrop in a gully slope exposes the Skryje shales and siltstones with some interlayers of greywackes. This outcrops represents well known paleontological locality. It can be characterized as the marginal tectonic block of a ridge of Cambrian sediments. Surrounding scree blockś are already poor in fossil founds. This locality belongs to the Příbram-Jince Cambrian Basin.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien;
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien > Příbram - Jince Basin
Stratigraphy:
Cambrian, Middle Cambrian
Subject:
lithology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon:
outcrop
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
slate, schist, siltstone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- VOKÁČ, V. (1997): Middle Cambrian benthic assemblage in the Skryje Shale (Jince Formation) at Terešovská Huť (district of Rokycany, Czech Republic). – Palaeontologia Bohemiae, 3(6): 15–19.
- VOKÁČ, V. – MICKA, V. (2004): Nové nálezy v jineckém souvrství (střední kambrium) na lokalitě Terešovská huť – U vily (příbramsko-jinecká pánev, Barrandien, Čechy). – Palaeontologia Bohemiae, 9(3): 13–14.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Tomáš Vorel, 01.04.2014
Updated by:
Kukal Zdeněk, 19.09.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3756 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3756.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
no problems
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