General Characteristics

County (administration): Vysočina Region
District (town): Třebíč
Cadastre: Třebíčský Číchov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2342, 23421
Geological region: Strážek and Moravian Moldanubicum; Třebíč and Jihlava massifs
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 1088

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry exposing dolomitized crystalline limestones with metasomatic infiltrational zonal skarn. This skarn consists first of forsterite-calcite zone, followed by white diopside zone and massive serpentinite zone. Petrologically very interesting. Also botanical locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: petrology, botany, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: marble, dolomite, skarn

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 (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Sekanina J.(1963): Hořečnatý skarn v dolomitu u Číchova na západní Moravě. Čas.Mineral.Geol.;8,178-185. Houzar S.(1988): Metasomatické reakční žíly v dolomitických mramorech moravského moldanubika. Přírod.sbor.Západomorav.muz.16, 1, 1-10.Třebíč.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Houzar Stanislav, 10.11.93
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 22.08.12, Hrdličková Kristýna 02.11.14

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1088 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-05]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1088.

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