Skoupý
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Příbram
Village:
Petrovice
Cadastre:
Skoupý
Map sheets:
22-22 Sedlčany, 22-223 Nechvelice
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
481
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Active quarry. Unique section through fossil reef. It was completely recrystallised and affected by a contact metamorphosis due to a presence of nearby granitoids of the Central Bohemian pluton. In some more preserved parts crinoid remains were found, possibly of the Devonian age. Significant locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Roof Pendants of the Central Bohemian Pluton
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
paleontology, stratigraphy, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
cliff, dyke, fossils fauna, stratotype, characteristic rock
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
limestone, lamprophyre
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
reclamation, open cast mining
References
- Chlupáč I./1981/: K stratigrafii a faciálnímu vývoji metamorfovaného paleozoika sedlčansko-krásnohorského ostrova. Věst.Ústř.Úst.geol.56:225-232.Praha
- Chlupáč I./1991/: Nově navrhované chráněné geologické lokality v okolí Sedlčan a Krásné Hory.-Čas.Mineral.Geol.36:163-173.Praha
- Svoboda J./1933/: Metamorfovaný ostrov sedlčansko-krásnohorský.-Archiv.přírodověd.Výzkum Čech,18,4:1-62.Praha
- Svoboda J. et al./1964/: Regionální geologie ČSSR,1,2.Ústř.Úst.geol.Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivo Chlupáč, 22.11.1992
Updated by:
Kachlík Václav, 14.10.2010, Vajskebrová Markéta, 22.11.2019
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 481 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/481.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
national
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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