General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Svitavy
Cadastre: Pustá Rybná
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
Technical object: guarry
ID : 2944

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Crystalline formation of the Bohemian Massif, Svratka Crystalline. Small abandoned quarries exposing mica schists with garnet. Also layers of reddish orthogneisses similar to Svratka migmatites occur at this locality. Orientation of these layers is oblique in relation to foliation direction in mica schists.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Kutná Hora and Svratka region - Svratka crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: mica schist

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

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: Gürtlerová Pavla, 14.11.08
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 05.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2944 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2944.

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