General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Chrudim
Cadastre: Polánka
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1344, 13441
Geological region: Oheb, Svratka and Polička crystalline complex; Železné hory Mts. Proterozoic; Hlinsko Zone; Železné hory Mts. Pluton; Chrudim Palaeozoic
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3614

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The abandoned pit quarry. This locality belongs to the mantle of the Železné hory pluton. This pluton consists there of migmatites and granodiorites with interlayers of dolomitic limestone. This rock was exploited in the middle of the last century.In some abandoned pits interesting minerals were found. The burnt lime was produced here in lime kiln. The relics of this activities are still visible. The 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: paleozoikum až proterozoikum
Subject: geology, history
Geological phenomenon: cliff
Genesis: anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock: dolomite, limestone

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) - Železné hory
Part of the Geopark: Železné hory
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

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, 05.11.12
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 12.09.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3614 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-06]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3614.

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