Suchý Důl
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Královéhradecký kraj
District (town):
Trutnov
Village:
Horní Maršov
Cadastre:
Dolní Albeřice, Suchý Důl v Krkonoších
Map sheets:
03-42 Trutnov, 03-422 Žacléř
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
572
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Active quarry with carbonate rocks. The section starts with chloritic and sericitic calcareous phyllites and continues with different limestone types. Also massive whitish limestones are present, possibly an ancient reef. Stratigraphically important locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Lugicum > -Krkonoše-Jizerské hory Mts. crystalline complex
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, sedimentology, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
lithological boundary
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
phyllite, marble, dolomite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Interesting geological localities in National park
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Krkonošský národní park
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Svoboda /1955/
- Žáčková E. et.al. (2012): Vysvětlivky k základni geologické mapě ČR 1 : 25 000 03-422 list Žacléř. MS archiv ČGS.
- Hladil J., Patočka F., Kachlík V., Melichar R., Hubačík M. (2003): Metamorphosed carbonates of Krkonoše Mountains and Paleozoic evolution of Sudetic terranes (NE Bohemia, Czech Republic). Geologica Carpathica 54, 2, 281-297.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivo Chlupáč, 22.04.1993
Updated by:
Gürtlerová Pavla, 08.02.2012
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 572 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/572.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
no problems
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