General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Pardubice
Cadastre: Morašice v Železných horách
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1341, 13411
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 : 3664

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The old abandoned quarry. So called CHvaletice granite (of Proterozoic age) was exploited there. The granite is fine grained and two-mica type. This granite is disintegrated into blocks. Some blocks represent relics of quarrying, The granite was used for pavement construction and also for regulation of the Labe (the Elbe River). In some cases this granite served as a decoration materiál, for instance for the bank in Kutná Hora city. 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: geology
Geological phenomenon: rock, outcrop
Genesis: magmatic, anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
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: 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, 08.02.13
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 12.09.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3664 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3664.

Location in map: