General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Šumperk
Cadastre: Staré Město p. Sn., Chrastice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1423, 14232
Geological region: Orlice-Sněžník, Nové Město and Staré Město crystalline complexes
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: gallery, waste dump, old mine workings
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 610

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Old mine works, two adit collars now caved in. Open pit mining, outcrops of mineralized one. The stockwork follows a hydrothermally altered zone in the amfibolites of the Staré Město Group. Quartz and ankerite gangue contains antimonite, arsenopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite and galenite. Mineralogically and petrologically important locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Orlice-Sněžník crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: economic geology, mineralogy, mining and mining impacts
Geological phenomenon: ore mineralization, mineral
Genesis: hydrothermal mineralization
Rock: 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

Fojt,B.,Kopa,D.,Skácel,J.(1977): Paragenetická studie As-Sb asociace ve staroměstských pásmech. I.Hynčice p.Sušinou.-Čas.Slez.Muz.,A,26,1-20.Opava.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Fojt Bohuslav, 01.11.93
Updated by: Večeřa Josef 23.05.11, Kukal Zdeněk 11.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 610 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-06]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/610.

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