General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Pardubice
Cadastre: Litošice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1341, 13412
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)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3607

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: This locality occurs in the southwestern promontory of the Chvaletice Massif. The rock cliffs form a part of long rocky ridge. The rocks are formed by fine grained two-mica granite. The most interesting part of the ridge is called "Vlčí sklála - the Wolf´s Rock." The rocks are often disintegrated into large block by frost weathering. The highest part of this rock has been artificially adapted for tourists and nature lovers and stony desk surrounded by stony chairs modelled. This locality belongs to the National Geopark "Železné hory - the Iron Mts.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Magmatites in Bohemicum
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: rock, rock schelter, rock bag
Genesis: magmatic, weathering
Rock: granite

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: Železné hory
Conflicts of interests: forestry, tourism

References

DOUCEK, Jan (2012): Národní Geopark Železné hory - mapování. Závěrečná zpráva, MS Vodní zdroje Chrudim, spol. s r. o.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Králová Anna, 02.11.12
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 12.09.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3607 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3607.

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