Žižkova skalka
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihočeský kraj
District (town):
Prachatice
Village:
Prachatice
Cadastre:
Prachatice
Map sheets:
32-21 Prachatice, 32-211 Prachatice
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
456
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Outcrop of a quartz vein. It extends along the western margin of a granulite body. This rock is 30 m long and 10 m broad. Quartz in a vein is often brecciated and coated by limonite. Geomorphologically and mineralogically interesting site.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moldanubicum > Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
geomorphology, mineralogy, structural geology
Geological phenomenon:
rock, rockwall, vein, outcrop
Genesis:
hydrothermal mineralization
Rock:
quartz vein
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 1238 (Žižkova skalka)
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Hejtman B.(1951): Zpráva o geologickém mapování v sv.části prachatického granulitového masívu.-Věst.Ústř.Úst.geol.,26,29-33.Praha
- Hejtman B.(1977): Prachatické granulitové těleso a jeho okolí.-Exkurze do jihočeské části moldanubika,15-26.Čs.spol.mineral.geol.ČSAV.Praha
- Chábera S.(1958): Některé morfologicky produktivní křemenné žíly v jižních Čechách.-Sbor.Kraj.vlastivěd.Muz.(Č.Budějovice), Přír.Vědy,1,107-118.České Budějovice
- Chábera S.(1982): Geologické zajímavosti jižních Čech.-Jihočeská vlastivěda, Ř.B.Jihočes.nakl.České Budějovice.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jaromír Slabý, 10.11.1994
Updated by:
Gürtlerová Pavla, 28.07.2010, Seifert Antonín, 14.09.2010
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 456 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/456.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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