General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Kutná Hora
Cadastre: Suchdol nebo Bohouňovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1332, 13322
Geological region: Kutná Hora and Čáslav crystalline complexes
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1356

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry where leptynite was expoited. This is whitish, strongly mylonitized orthogneiss with pinkish grains of almandite and microscpopic kyanite with graphite. This high-quality natural stone was used for building purposes. Petrologically very interesting.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Kutná Hora and Svratka region - Kutná Hora crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: petrology, geology, mineralogy

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Losert, J. (1967): Contribution to the problem of the Pre-Assynthian Tectogenesis and metamorphism in the Moldanubicum of the Bohemian Massif. - Krystalinikum, 5, 61-84. Praha. Zelenka a kol. (2001): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1:25 000, ČGÚ Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Štědrá Veronika, Zelenka Přemysl, 25.07.02
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 22.02.05

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1356 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1356.

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