General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Rychnov nad Kněžnou
Cadastre: Vrbice u Kostelce nad Orlicí
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1413, 14134
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - E-Bohemian and W-Moravian Cretaceous; Chrudim Cretaceous; Králíky Furrow; Police Basin
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: shaft, waste dump
ID : 3913

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Former coal mine at Vrbice settlement. Near the shaft opening there are graded coal mine spoils where the Cenomanian sandstone fragments together with claystones with traces of coal seams can be found. It is known that the shaft was 54 m deep and so it reached the crystalline basement of Cretaceous deposits. In twenties of the 20th century unsuccessful reopening of this mine was realized.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman
Subject: economic geology, mining and mining impacts
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, claystone, coal

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: vegetation

References

MARTINEC P. (2009): Uhelné slojky cenomanského uhlí na vrcholu potštejnské antiklinály ve východních Čechách. Sborník 7. česko-polské konference „Geologie uhelných pánví“ Documenta Geonica 2009/2: 155-157. ; MARTINEC P., KUBINA L. (2011): Jílovec s uhelnou příměsí v peruckých vrstvách z úbočí Litického Chlumu v Záměli u Potštejna. In: Sborník 8. česko-polské konference „Geologie uhelných pánví“, Documenta Geonica 2011/1: 173–181. ; POKORNÝ R. (2005): Těžba uhlí pod Orlickými horami. Panorama, 13: 81-87.; POKORNÝ R. (2008): Historie hornictví na Rychnovsku 2. Acta Musei Richnoviensis, sect. natur., 15/3-4: 85-146.; REŽNÝ K. (1976): Rychnovsko (Zeměpisné vycházky). Odbor školství ONV, Rychnov nad Kněžnou, 118 str. ; ZEMÁNKOVÁ T., POKORNÝ R. (in press): Historie těžby uhlí ve Vrbici u Doudleb nad Orlicí. Orlické hory a Podorlicko.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Zemánková Tereza, Pokorný Richard, 07.01.16
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 25.09.17, Kukal Zdeněk 21.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3913 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3913.

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