Loreta
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Plzeňský kraj
District (town):
Klatovy
Village:
Týnec
Cadastre:
Týnec u Janovic nad Úhlavou
Map sheets:
21-24 Klatovy,21-42 Nýrsko, 21-244 Klatovy,21-422 Janovice nad Úhlavou
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
mine, gallery
ID:
426
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Abandoned mine exploiting crystalline limestone in the lens of a erlane-limestone stromatite. This rock lies concordantly in slightly migmatitized gneisses of a mantle of the Klatovy part of the Central Bohemian Pluton. Interesting example of a local limestone exploitation.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moldanubicum > Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic
Subject:
mining and mining impacts, zoology, economic geology, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
karst cave
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
limestone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature monument
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 868 (Loreta)
Conflicts of interests:
road construction
References
- Zahradnický J., Mackovčin P. a kol.(2005): Plzeňsko a Karlovarsko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek XI. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str 236, Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jiří Babůrek, 01.10.1994
Updated by:
Gürtlerová Pavla, 05.10.2010
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 426 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/426.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-historical value, geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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