Lom Tužice (Vlčí hora)
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Plzeňský kraj
District (town):
Klatovy
Village:
Tužice
Cadastre:
Tužice
Map sheets:
22-31 Sušice, 22-312 Nalžov.h.
Accessibility:
entry permit for car necessary
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
486
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Active quarry with blue-greyish medium-greained hornblende-biotite granodiorite with basic inclusions up to 15 cm across. Regular joints, thin veinlets of pinkish aplite also occur. Petrologically important locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moldanubicum > Magmatites in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy:
Devonian - Permian
Subject:
petrology, economic geology
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock
Genesis:
magmatic
Rock:
aplite, granodiorite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Hora Z.(1961): Průzkum granodioritu Tužice.-MS Geofond, Praha
- Vejlupek M. et al./1990/: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSFR 1:25 000, list 22-312 Nalžovské Hory.-MS Geofond.Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Miroslav Vejlupek, 13.11.1993
Updated by:
Plíšek Antonín, 27.01.2003, Gürtlerová Pavla, 16.05.2018
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 486 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/486.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
Locality conditions:
no problems
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