General Characteristics

County (administration): South Bohemia Region
District (town): Jindřichův Hradec
Cadastre: Nová Včelnicee
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2332, 23323
Geological region: Bohemian Moldanubicum
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 3826

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: This locality occurs in the old abandoned quarry in the Žďár settlement. Small body of amphibolite is exposed there and is surrounded by biotite gneisses and granulites. The amphibolites are of greyish colour and consist mainly of mineral amphibole and plagioklase. Also veinlets made of quartz-feldspar mixture are present. Traces of older original metamorphic foliation can be observed. This locality belongs to the Bohemain Moldanubicum Zone.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum až proterozoikum
Subject: geology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: amphibolite, gneiss

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
Conflicts of interests: estates

References

Buriánek, D. a kol. (2012): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1:25 000 23–413 Hodice. – 161 s. MS Česká geologická služba.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Buriánek David, 17.02.15
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 27.09.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3826 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3826.

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