Historické podzemí ve Žluticích
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Karlovarský kraj
District (town):
Karlovy Vary
Village:
Žlutice
Cadastre:
Žlutice
Map sheets:
11-24 Žlutice, 11-244 Žlutice
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
3812
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
The underground space of Žlutice Town. This space underlying main town square is of historical importance. The space has been excavated in two mica-shist, which is often banded and contains lenses of secretional quartz. This rock consists of quartz, oligoklase, biotite, muscovite and garnet associated with accesoric ilmenite, apatite anxd zircon. The described rock is called the Žlutice mica-shist and belongs to the Teplá Crystalline Complex.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Teplá crystalline complex;
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien > Barrandien - Paleozoic
Stratigraphy:
Ediacaran
Subject:
geology, structural geology, archeology, petrology, mining and mining impacts
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock, deformation fabrics, rock cavity
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
mica schist
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- ŽÁČEK V. - CHÁB J. (1993): Metamorphism in the Teplá Upland, Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic (Preliminary report). - Bull. Czech Geol. Surv., 68, 3, 33-37. Praha.
- ZOUBEK, V. (1948): Poznámky ke geologii krystalinika Českého masívu. - Sb. Stát. geol. úst. ČSR, odd. Akad. Věd., Ř. mat.-přír. Věd, 78, 8, 1-77. Praha.
- Žáček et al. (2015) : Vysvětlivky ke geologické mapě 11-244 list Žlutice. - MS Archív ČGS Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Vladimír Žáček, 01.12.2014
Updated by:
Žáček Vladimír, 01.12.2014, Kukal Zdeněk, 16.09.2017, Kukal Zdeněk, 27.11.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3812 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3812.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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