General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Ústí nad Orlicí
Cadastre: Litice nad Orlicí
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1414, 14143
Geological region: Orlice-Sněžník, Nové Město and Staré Město crystalline complexes
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 1780

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Orlice-Sněžník Crystalline. Rocky promontory overlooking meander of the Divoká Orlice River. This core of the Litice anticline consists of biotite granodiorite up to granite, so called "the Litice Granite". Castle Litice was built on a hill summit. Nearby quarry exploits the Litice Granite, very resistanmt and decorative building stone. Also abandoned gallery, formerly exploiting baryte, can be found there.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Orlice-Sněžník crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, meander, characteristic rock
Genesis: magmatic
Rock: granite, granodiorite

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 (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Faltysová H., Mackovčin P., Sedláček M a kol.(2002): Královéhradecko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek V. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno,str 201, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 20.02.09
Updated by: Pecina Vratislav 01.06.11, Gürtlerová Pavla 24.08.11, Kukal Zdeněk 23.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1780 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1780.

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