General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Jeseník
Cadastre: Petrovice u Skorošic
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1422, 14221
Geological region: Orlice-Sněžník, Nové Město and Staré Město crystalline complexes
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 604

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Three natural outcrops exposing a serpentinite which forms interlayers in amfibolites of the metaophiolite Staré Město Zone. Petrologically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Orlice-Sněžník crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: petrology, mining and mining impacts, geology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: tectonic, metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: serpentinite, amphibolite

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: without conflicts

References

Fediuková, E. (1967): Tremolite from Petrovice in Silesia /Czechoslovakia/. - Acta Univ. Carol., Geologica, No. 3, 223-231, Univ. Karlova Praha. Němec, Fr. - Němcová, J. (1977): Beitrag zur Petrographie der ultrabasischen und basischen Gesteine im Rychlebské hory. - Acta Univ. Palack. Olomuc., Fac. R. Nat., T. 54, GE-GE XVI, 89-115, Stát. pedagog. nakl. v Praze.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Skácel Jaroslav, 13.01.94
Updated by: Pecina Vratislav 02.06.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 604 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/604.

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