General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Šumperk
Cadastre: Pusté Žibřidovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1423, 14234
Geological region: Orlice-Sněžník, Nové Město and Staré Město crystalline complexes
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 2066

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Orlice-Sněžník Crystalline. Series of outcrops in a road cut and small abandoned quarry. Leaflike orthogneiss, so called Keprník Gneiss. Alternation of rocks in different stage of metamorphic reworking. The orthogneiss is of muscovite-biotite character, with augen texture, strongly fractured and foliated.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Orlice-Sněžník crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: petrology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: orthogneiss

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 kolektiv autorů, 2000: Vysvětlivky k základní goelogické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 14234 Hanušovice.- Český geologický ústav Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Opletal Mojmír, 27.04.04
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 24.01.05, Kukal Zdeněk 30.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2066 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2066.

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