Walory geoedukacyjne i geoturystyczne kamieniołomu Zygmuntówka na Czerwonej Górze (G. Świętokrzyskie)

A b s t r a c t.The geosite Zygmuntówka (Sigismund ) quarry, located at Czerwona Góra near Chêciny in SW part of the Holy Cross Mountains, is the oldest and the most famous among the so-called Chêciny "marble" quarries which provided stones for constructing numerous important buildings in the region and beyond.Upper Permian conglomerates (Czerwona Góra Formation), with a thickness of several tens of metres, outcrop in this area.The conglomerates are clast-and locally mud-supported and consist of light grey and beige carbonate pebbles and cobbles chaotically distributed within the reddish-brown silty-carbonate-ferriferous matrix.The conglomerates represent continental alluvial fan deposits deposited under arid and semiarid climate conditions.The quarry, of a regional rank, is well suited for both geoeducation and geotourism purposes.