General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Chrudim
Cadastre: Krouna
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1433, 14333
Geological region: Oheb, Svratka and Polička crystalline complex; Železné hory Mts. Proterozoic; Hlinsko Zone; Železné hory Mts. Pluton; Chrudim Palaeozoic
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2811

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Svratka Crystalline. Small abandoned and flooded quarry. Variable petrologic composition of rocks. On one quarry face, pyroxene skarn with large garnet crystals occur, on the opposite side garnet-pyroxene skarn passing into erlans and biotite gneisses. At least three skarn types were described. Some of them contain hornblende and epidote.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Kutná Hora and Svratka region - Svratka crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geology, petrology, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: skarn

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) - Žďárské vrchy
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Polák, A. (1955): Ložiska železných rud severní části Českomoravské vrchoviny.- MS, ÚÚG; Praha. Hanžl, P., red. (2008): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 14-333 Svratka Česká geologická služba. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Pertodlová Jaroslava, 25.06.07
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 29.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2811 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-23]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2811.

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