General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Jeseník
Cadastre: Seč u Jeseníka
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1424, 14242
Geological region: Silesicum and Žulová massif
ID : 2542

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Silesicum and Žulová Massif. Oucrops of quartz dyke. Quartz is whitish and rusty, hydrothermally altered. Also with some voids locally filled with crystals. Inclusion of blastomylonite. Some parts of quartz dyke were formerly quarried.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Silezicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon
Subject: geology, mineralogy, mining and mining impacts

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Jeseníky
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Fediuková, E., Aichler, J. a kol. (2004): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1 : 25 000 14-242 Bělá pod Pradědem

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Aichler Jaroslav, Dekanová Pavlína, 28.11.06

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2542 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2542.

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