General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Brno-venkov
Cadastre: Želešice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2434, 24342
Geological region: Letovice, Krhovice, Nectava and Svinov-Vranová crystalline complexes; Moravicum; crystalline complex of Miroslav horst; Brunovistulicum
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 777

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Great abandoned quarry with a body a dark medium-grained amfibolite which has partly character of ultramafic rock. This complex is cut by 100 m thick stock of a granodiorite porphyry. Petrologically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Brunovistulicum
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: petrology, mineralogy, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: intrusion, dyke, characteristic rock
Genesis: magmatic, metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: granodiorite, amphibolite, rhyolite, basalt

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: open cast mining, waste disposal

References

Friáková, O. et al. (1974): Geologické exkurze do okolí Brna. Brno. Schmidt, J. (1970): Nález bitumenů v oblasti Brněnského masívu u Želešic. - Věst. Ústř. Úst. geol., 45, 103-105. Praha.; Buriánek, D. et al.(2012): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1:25 000, list 24-342 Brno-jih. - MS, Česká geologická služba.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Hanžl Pavel, 01.11.94
Updated by: Buriánek David 13.11.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 777 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/777.

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