General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Svitavy
Cadastre: Březina
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2412, 24122
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - E-Bohemian and W-Moravian Cretaceous; Chrudim Cretaceous; Králíky Furrow; Police Basin
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Technical object: guarry
ID : 118

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Prokop coal mine.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman
Subject: stratigraphy, mining and mining impacts, economic geology
Geological phenomenon: horizontal section
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, claystone, opuka (aranaceous marlstone)

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts, reclamation

References

Polák, L. (1976): Březina - Prokop. Závěrečná zpráva. - MS Čes. geol. služ.-Geofond. Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Čech Stanislav, 31.10.94
Updated by: Čech Stanislav 12.11.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 118 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/118.

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