Starkočský lom
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Kutná Hora
Village:
Starkoč
Cadastre:
Starkoč u Bílého Podolí
Map sheets:
13-41 Čáslav, 13-414 Ronov nad Doubravou
Accessibility:
passable footpath
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
92
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Abandoned quarry in paragneisses and migmatites of the Malín Series of the Kutná Hora Crystalline. Lenses of quartzitic erlanes. Well known collecting locality of large almandite crystals. Interesting selective erosion of quarry face. Cretaceous marine abrasion formed a relief, its depressions were filled with Cretaceous bioclastic limestones with rich fauna. Lower Turonian age was inferred.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic > Kutná Hora and Svratka region > Kutná Hora crystalline complex;
Bohemian Massif > Cretaceous of the Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin - Labe development
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic, Turonian
Subject:
mineralogy, paleontology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
transgression, deformation fabrics, characteristic rock, mineral
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism), tectonic, sedimentary
Rock:
paragneiss, 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 953 (Starkočský lom)
Conflicts of interests:
collection, tourism, vegetation
References
- Knížetová L., Pecina K., Pivničková M., 1987: Prověrka maloplošných chráněných území a jejich návrhů v letech 1982 - 85. Středisko památkové péče a ochrany přírody Středočeského kraje, Bohemia centralis, sv. 16, str. 100 - 101, Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jiří Pražák, 07.11.1994
Updated by:
Plíšek Antonín, 25.08.2005, Štědrá Veronika, 23.09.2010
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 92 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/92.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
poor
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