General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Kutná Hora
Cadastre: Malešov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1332, 13324
Geological region: Kutná Hora and Čáslav crystalline complexes
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Technical object: mine
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2756

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Kutná Hora Crystalline. Abandoned magnetite mine. Former skarn deposit rich in magnetite and with pegmatites with pyrite and pyrrhotite mainly along fissures. Migmatized two mica paragneisses serves as a host rock. Sulphides of lead and zinc also occur. Interesting apatite occurrence. This locality is protected also as wintering ground of bats. This locality is classified as the Natural Monument.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Kutná Hora and Svratka region - Kutná Hora crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: mineralogy, economic geology, zoology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: incrustation, intrusion, dyke, ore mineralization, characteristic rock
Genesis: magmatic, hydrothermal mineralization, metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: skarn, paragneiss, pegmatite, serpentinite

Territorial conservation

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
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts, reclamation, forestry, sports

References

Ložek V., Kubíková J., Spryňar P. a kol. (2005): Střední Čechy. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M. (eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek XIII. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, Praha,str.265; Štědrá V. ed. (2010): Geologická mapa ČR 1 : 25000, list 13324 Kutná Hora s vysvětlivkami.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 28.05.07
Updated by: Štědrá Veronika 04.12.08, Štědrá Veronika 17.06.10, Štědrá Veronika 17.06.10, Štědrá Veronika 23.09.10, Kukal Zdeněk 04.10.12, Kukal Zdeněk 24.11.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2756 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2756.

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