General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Klatovy
Cadastre: Kašperské Hory
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2233, 22332
Geological region: Šumava Moldanubicum - district KT; Moldanubicum of the Český les Mts.; Domažlice crystalline complex; W-Bohemian Pluton; W-Bohemian basic magmatites
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Technical object: mine, gallery
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2117

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: MOldanubicum, metamorphic units, Šumava Mts. Outcrops in deeply cut valley of water flow. Rocks consist of biotite orthogneiss with mica-schist appearance because of retrograde metamorphism along fracture zones. This rock is rich in quartz, tectonically affected zones contain large garnet crystals. Rock bodies are cut by quartz lenses and veins which are gold bearing. Mainly grey quartz variety cntains elevated gold amount. Gold was mined earlier and some mining workings are preserved. Bedrock is covered by congelifluvial Quaternary sediments.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: mining and mining impacts, lithology, hydrogeology, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon: vein, spring, river source, ore mineralization
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism), hydrothermal mineralization
Rock: paragneiss

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
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)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Šumava
Part of the Geopark: Královská Šumava
Conflicts of interests: exploitation, road construction

References

Albrecht J. a kol. (2003): Českobudějovicko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek VIII. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str, Praha. Albrecht J. a kol. (2003): Českobudějovicko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek VIII. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str.672 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 04.11.09
Updated by: Babůrek Jiří 14.09.10, Babůrek Jiří 04.12.10, Kukal Zdeněk 20.11.12, Gürtlerová Pavla 28.02.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2117 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2117.

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