General Characteristics

County (administration): Vysočina Region
District (town): Žďár nad Sázavou
Cadastre: Líšná
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2311, 23111
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 : 2837

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Svratka Crystalline. Old abandoned shelf quarry with outcrops of skarns with garnet and pyroxene. With increasing amount of garnet they pass into garnetites, locally into erlans. Vein-like bodies of pegmatites penetrate through skarn massif. Well known mineralogical locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Kutná Hora and Svratka region - Svratka crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geology, mineralogy, economic geology
Geological phenomenon: horizontal section, phenocryst , dyke, mineral
Genesis: metamorphic (caustic metamorphism), hydrothermal mineralization
Rock: skarn, pegmatite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Žďárské vrchy
Conflicts of interests: vegetation, collection

References

Slavík (1951); Pertoldová J. (2007): Korelace litologicky kontrastních hornin v jednotkách krystalinika při sv. okraji moldanubika. MS, ČGS, Praha.; Burkart, E.(1953): Moravské nerosty a jejich literatura. Nakl. ČSAV. Praha.; Kruťa, T.(1966): Moravské nerosty a jejich literatura 1940-1965. Mor. museum v Brně. Brno

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Pertoldová Jaroslava, 18.10.07
Updated by: Rambousek Petr 24.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2837 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-18]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2837.

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