General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Šumperk
Cadastre: Adolfovice, Horní Lipová, Nové Losiny, Ostružná
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1424, 14241
Geological region: Silesicum and Žulová massif
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 1693

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Morphologically distinct rocks formed of micaschists with typical staurolite. On weathered planes there are accumulations of columnar crystals of staurolite up to 6 cm long. Petrologically important locality. The locality belongs fo the Protected Landscape Area.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Silezicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon
Subject: geomorphology, petrology, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon: frost cliff, tor, rock bag
Genesis: frost weathering, metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: mica schist, paragneiss

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National 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 (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Jeseníky
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Kruťa, J. (1973): Slezké nerosty a jejich literatura. - Moravské Muzeum, 415 stran. Brno. Štelcl, J. (1968): Uber die Sillimanit - Andalusit - Disthen Paragenese im Hohen Geschenke (ČSSR). - Freibergr Forschungsh., 231 Miner.-Lagerst., 135-141. Leipzig. Mixa, P. et al. (2006): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 14-241 Branná. Česká geologická služba. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Fojt Bohuslav, 15.11.93
Updated by: Aichler Jaroslav 07.12.06, Gürtlerová Pavla 19.11.08, Pecina Vratislav 02.06.11, Kukal Zdeněk 07.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1693 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-18]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1693.

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