General Characteristics

County (administration): Vysočina Region
District (town): Havlíčkův Brod
Cadastre: Chotěboř
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1344, 13443
Geological region: Kutná Hora and Čáslav crystalline complexes
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2630

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Kutná Hora Crystalline. Series of rocky outcrops near the Chotěboř Town. They consists of orthogneisses and migmatites. They are light grey, of hybrid character, with prevailing light mninerals and variable composition. Main rock mnerals: Quartz, plagioclase potassium feldspar and muscovite, small amount of biotite. Interesting macro- and mesorelief features, frost cliffs and cryoplanational terraces.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Kutná Hora and Svratka region - Kutná Hora crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geology, petrology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: orthogneiss, migmatite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Železné hory
Part of the Geopark: Železné hory
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Dudíková Schulmannová B. et al. (2006): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1 : 25 000 13-443 Chotěboř. Archív ČGS. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: DudíkSchulmannová Barbora, 11.07.07

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2630 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-05]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2630.

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