General Characteristics

County (administration): Vysočina Region
District (town): Jihlava
Cadastre: Vanov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2341, 23413
Geological region: Moldanubian Pluton - Central Massif; Melechov Massif
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3535

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The active quarry Vanov exposing strongly metamorphosed sandy sediments, both quartzose sandstones and greywackes. High temperature and pressure conditions changed them to paragneiss and later because of partial melting into migmatites. Also lenses of rocks of different composition, with elevated content of calcium, called erlans, are present. This locality belongs to the Central Massif of the Moldanubicum Zone.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum až proterozoikum
Subject: geology, lithology
Geological phenomenon: deformation fabrics, characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: migmatite, calc-silicate rock

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of the Geopark: Vysočina
Conflicts of interests: exploitation

References

Verner, K. et al.(2012):Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1 : 25 000 list 23-413 Hodice.; Vávra, V., Štelcl, J. a Malý, K. (2008): Průvodce po geologických zajímavostech Kraje Vysočina, Muzeum Vysočiny Jihlava, 145 stran, ISBN 978-80-86382-12-8.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: DudíkSchulmannová Barbora, 04.06.12
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 26.09.17, Kukal Zdeněk 22.11.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3535 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-24]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3535.

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