General Characteristics

County (administration): Vysočina Region
District (town): Žďár nad Sázavou
Cadastre: Pernštejn
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2413, 24134
Geological region: Oheb, Svratka and Polička crystalline complex; Železné hory Mts. Proterozoic; Hlinsko Zone; Železné hory Mts. Pluton; Chrudim Palaeozoic
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Technical object: guarry
ID : 2813

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Old vegetated quarry. Outcrop of a magnetite skarn forming a lens within mica schists, banded two-mica gneisses, migmatites, orthogneisses, etc. These rocks form part of a Svratka Dome of a Moravicum. Petrologically important.
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: ore mineralization, mineral
Genesis: metamorphic (caustic metamorphism)
Rock: skarn

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Pertoldová J. (1986): Podmínky vzniku skarnů na ložiskách Pernštejn, Županovice a Nové Město pod Smrkem.-MS, kandidátská disertační práce, PŘF UK, Praha. Losos Zd.(2001): Mineralogicko - petrologická exkurze do oblasti Nedvědice - Rožná - Bory.- Exkurze ČGSpolečnosti č. 7, s. 4-6, ČGÚ Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Pertoldová Jaroslava, 27.06.07
Updated by: Rambousek Petr 24.10.12, Kukal Zdeněk 15.11.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2813 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2813.

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