General Characteristics

County (administration): Vysočina Region
District (town): Žďár nad Sázavou
Cadastre: Blatiny
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2411, 24111
Geological region: Oheb, Svratka and Polička crystalline complex; Železné hory Mts. Proterozoic; Hlinsko Zone; Železné hory Mts. Pluton; Chrudim Palaeozoic
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 794

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Relict of a frost cliff with adjacent felsenmeer (blocky scree). Rocks consist of a two-mica leucocratic migmatites (red orthogneisses). Intensive metamorphic foliation. Petrologically and geomorphologically important locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Kutná Hora and Svratka region - Svratka crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geomorphology, quaternary geology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: block field, frost cliff, cliff
Genesis: frost weathering, metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: migmatite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument in Protected landscape area
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Žďárské vrchy
Conflicts of interests: sports

References

Melichar, R. ed. (2004): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1: 25 000, list 24-111 Sněžné.MS - ČGS. Praha; Vávra, V., Štelcl, J. a Malý, K. (2008): Průvodce po geologických zajímavostech Kraje Vysočina, Muzeum Vysočiny Jihlava, 145 stran, ISBN 978-80-86382-12-8.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Melichar Rostislav, 29.11.93
Updated by: Rambousek Petr 25.09.12, Vajskebrová Markéta 21.05.19

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 794 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/794.

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