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)
Technical object: old mine workings
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3955

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: This locality geologically belongs to the Chvaletice Proterozoic. It is called "Velká ruda - The Large Ore". It represents old mining workings, now showing small dumps and mounds. The Železné hory Proterozoic consists here of greywackes, sandy schists and so called "Sovoluky Conglomerate". The Proteorozoic rocks suffered an intensive weathering and their superficial parts were changed into typical gossan in places. The iron rich gossan was exploited until thirties of the last century. Later, in fifties compararatively large accumulations of pyrite were investigated. They contain enormous quantity of phosphorus a so also numerous phosphorus minerals, some of them being first on mineral occurrence list in Czechia.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Železné hory Mts. Proterozoicum
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: mining and mining impacts, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon: ore mineralization
Genesis: sedimentary, magmatic
Rock: slate, schist, spilite, alkali-feldspar-trachyandesite

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

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, 29.10.12
Updated by: Rambousek Petr 01.10.13, Kukal Zdeněk 12.09.17, Kukal Zdeněk 27.11.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3955 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-08]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3955.

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