General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Brno-venkov
Cadastre: Litostrov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2432, 24323
Geological region: Letovice, Krhovice, Nectava and Svinov-Vranová crystalline complexes; Moravicum; crystalline complex of Miroslav horst; Brunovistulicum
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
ID : 3771

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The outcrop exposes the Bíteš orthogneiss. The information panel is present. It is of leucocratic character, medium- up to coarse grained with several mylonitic zones. The orthogneiss shows a variability in composition and structures. Some of them are banded, other resemble a texture of augengneiss. This locality belongs to the Svratka Dome area.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum až proterozoikum
Subject: geology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: orthogneiss, phyllonite

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

References

Hrdličková, K. ed.(2014): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1:25 000, list 24-323 Veverská Bítýška. – MS ČGS Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Hrdličková Kristýna, 23.05.14
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 19.09.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3771 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-05]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3771.

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