Bašta

General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeňský kraj
District (town): Rokycany
Village: Břasy
Cadastre: Stupno
Map sheets: 12-33 Plzeň, 12-332 Radnice
Accessibility: no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID: 995


Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Part of the Upper Radnice Coal Seam, formerly mined in the Kliment Mine. This seam belongs stratigraphically toi the Westphalian C (Radnice Beds, Kladno Formation). In the banded coal tuffitic interlayers can be observed. Typical example of a development of the coal seam.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif > Upper Carboniferous and Permian > Central and Western Bohemian Late Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: Upper Carboniferous
Subject: mining and mining impacts, geology, sedimentology, economic geology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: fossils-flora, bed, characteristic rock
Genesis: organogenic (activity of organisms)
Rock: coal


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 546 (Bašta)
Part of national geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts


References
  • Pašek, J. (1968): Geologické a uhelně petrografické poměry v dole Matylda IV. v břaské pánvi. - MS PŘF UK Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jana Drábková, 11.02.1994, Jaroslav Pašek, 11.02.1994
Updated by: Lojka Richard, 10.07.2010, Lojka Richard, 10.07.2010


Citation

The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 995 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/995.


Location in map:

Assessment

Scientifical assesment: great
Educational assesment: major
Significance: regional
Representativeness: major
Geological importance: paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality: yes
Locality conditions: no problems

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