General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Ústí nad Orlicí
Cadastre: Červená Voda
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1441, 14411
Geological region: Orlice-Sněžník, Nové Město and Staré Město crystalline complexes
Technical object: sand pit
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 619

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Sand open pit with outcrops of tectonized zones. Orthogneiss is thrust over Cretaceous sediments. Tectonically important locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Orlice-Sněžník crystalline complex, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída, proterozoikum
Subject: structural geology, geology, petrology

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests: open cast mining, waste disposal

References

Neuvedena.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Opletal Mojmír, 25.11.94
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 27.01.03

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 619 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/619.

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