Štěpánovský lom
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Benešov
Village:
Trhový Štěpánov
Cadastre:
Trhový Štěpánov
Map sheets:
13-34 Zruč nad Sázavou, 13-343 Zruč nad Sázavou
Accessibility:
passable footpath
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
3933
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Abandoned shelf quarrry exposing pinkish muscovitic orthnogneiss. It contains quartz, potassium feldspars, albite and cordierite in places. Also relics of test pit for uranium research drilled in 1950. The locality is situated in the Park of Blaník Knights.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moldanubicum > Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic, Paleozoic
Subject:
petrology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon:
horizontal section, characteristic rock
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism), magmatic
Rock:
orthogneiss
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Part of national geopark:
Kraj blanických rytířů
Conflicts of interests:
vegetation
References
- Štědrá V. (2012): Dokumentace geologických lokalit pro geopark Kraj blanických rytířů, MS, 31 stran, ČGS.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Veronika Štědrá, 20.05.2012
Updated by:
Vajskebrová Markéta, 11.12.2017, Kukal Zdeněk, 27.02.2018
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3933 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3933.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
Educational assesment:
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
no problems
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