General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Šumperk
Cadastre: Malá Morava
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1423, 14234
Geological region: Orlice-Sněžník, Nové Město and Staré Město crystalline complexes
Technical object: guarry
ID : 2054

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Orlice-Sněžník Crystalline. Series of small outcrops and abandoned quarry. The bedrock consists of orthogneiss of the Orlice-Sněřžžník Unit. Fine grained muscovite-biotite metagranites and augengneisses. Interesting tectonic phenomena, showing several stages of deformation, were studied in detail.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Orlice-Sněžník crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: petrology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, horizontal section
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: orthogneiss, metagranite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Opletal M. a kol. (2000): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 14-234 Hanušovice. - Česká geologická služba, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Opletal Mojmír, 21.04.04
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 19.01.05, Pecina Vratislav 06.06.11, Gürtlerová Pavla 11.11.11, Kukal Zdeněk 05.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2054 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2054.

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