General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Jeseník
Cadastre: Supíkovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1422, 14222
Geological region: Silesicum and Žulová massif
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2581

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Silesicum and Žulová Massif. Marble quarry. Crystalline limestone, fine grained, streaky, with granoblastic texture prevails. It contains only small amounts of silicate impurities (about 1 %), mainly phologopite, quartz and plagioclase. Gneiss is also preswent in this quarry. The two rocks are penetrated by a dyke o diopside pegmatite. This quarry served as an important source of decorative stone (Supíkovice Marble) which is occassionally quarried till now.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Silezicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon
Subject: geology, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: marble, dolomite

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

Žáček, V. et al. (2002): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 14-222 Vidnava. Česká geologická služba. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Aichler Jaroslav, Dekanová Pavlína, 07.12.06
Updated by: Večeřa Josef 23.05.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2581 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2581.

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