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General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Rakovník
Village:
Skryje
Cadastre:
Skryje nad Berounkou
Map sheets:
12-32 Zdice, 12-323 Podmokly
Accessibility:
entry permit for car necessary
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
3769
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Small, abandoned quarry where ryolite lava was mined. Today, exposed wall is dangerous due to rock fall.Close to the locality, exposed fault bears the Furong ryolites against metasediments of Proterozoic age. Fault can be seen SE of the quarry, in the Úpořský potok bed.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Letovice crystalline complex
Stratigraphy:
Upper Cambrian
Subject:
geology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon:
cliff, fault, lava
Genesis:
volcanic
Rock:
rhyolite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Křivoklátsko
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Vorel T. et.al. (2014): Vysvětlivky k Základní geologické mapě list 12-323 Podmokly. - MS Archív ČGS Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Petr Hradecký, 03.04.2014
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3769 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3769.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
acceptable
You can send information about a change in the status of the site to lokality@geology.cz
