General Characteristics

County (administration): Vysočina Region
District (town): Havlíčkův Brod
Cadastre: Štikov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1344, 13443
Geological region: Oheb, Svratka and Polička crystalline complex; Železné hory Mts. Proterozoic; Hlinsko Zone; Železné hory Mts. Pluton; Chrudim Palaeozoic
Accessibility: - special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2635

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Bohemicum, magmatites. Železné hory Mts. Pluton. Part of Protected landscape area. Large Active quarry producing aggregates. Rocks can be classifed as hornblende metadiorites with transition to hornblende metagranodiorite. Also body of amphibolite is present. Fine- up to medium-grained metagranitoids contain quartz, plagioclase, potassium feldspar and small amount of biotite. Rocks are parly mylonitized.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Magmatites in Bohemicum
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: economic geology, geology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: magmatic
Rock: metagranitoid, diorite

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, 17.01.07
Updated by: DudíkSchulmannová Barbora 22.08.07

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2635 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2635.

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