General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Brno-venkov
Cadastre: Štěpánovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2432, 24321
Geological region: Letovice, Krhovice, Nectava and Svinov-Vranová crystalline complexes; Moravicum; crystalline complex of Miroslav horst; Brunovistulicum
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1196

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry exposing hydrothermal veins of baryte in the Devonian limestone. Present duplex structure forms a part of a Svratka Crystalline (Moravicum). Tectonically instructive locality.- Dranč- Abandoned quarry exposing a tectonic slice of Devonian limestones within deformed granitoids. Instructive example of a thrust tectonics.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravicum, Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Brunovistulicum
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum, paleozoikum - devon
Subject: structural geology, economic geology, petrology, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon: slickenside, fault, vein, mineral
Genesis: tectonic, hydrothermal mineralization
Rock: limestone, granodiorite, phyllonite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Losos, Z. (2001): Mineralogicko - petrologická exkurze do oblasti Nedvědice - Rožná - Bory. - Exkurze ČG Společnosti č. 7, s. 1-2, ČGÚ. Praha.; Schulmann, K. et al. (1991): Geological workshop Moravian windows. - Excursion Guide. Moravský Krumlov.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Plíšek Antonín, 29.08.01
Updated by: Otava Jiří 04.11.11, Otava Jiří 10.11.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1196 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-19]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1196.

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