General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Svitavy
Cadastre: Boršov u Moravské Třebové
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1434, 14344
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - E-Bohemian and W-Moravian Cretaceous; Chrudim Cretaceous; Králíky Furrow; Police Basin
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Technical object: mine
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2211

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Former mines on the Hřebečovský hřbet Ridge N of Hřebeč near Moravská Třebová. Cretaceous coal (Cenomanian) was mined from 1860s, later followed by the extraction of refractory clays. The mine was closed in 1991. Spoil tips after clay mining are present. Guided tours by a narrow-gauge railway between Třebovice and Hřebeč are operated in July and August. Bohemian Cretaceous Basin.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman
Subject: economic geology, stratigraphy, mining and mining impacts
Geological phenomenon: bed
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: claystone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve
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: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Rejchrt Mir. a kolektiv autorů, 2001: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 14344 Moravská Třebová.- Český geologický ústav Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Rejchrt Miroslav, 10.05.04
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 24.01.05, Čech Stanislav 12.11.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2211 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2211.

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