General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Jeseník
Cadastre: Uhelná u Javorníka
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1422, 14221
Geological region: Silesicum and Žulová massif
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: mine
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 819

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Open pit, flooded. Abandoned exploitation of a lignite (humodyl) of a Badenian age. Part of their seams crop out, mostly, however, they are several tens of metres below surface. Significant locality from many viewpoints.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Freshwater Tertiary relics
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén)
Subject: mining and mining impacts, economic geology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: lake
Genesis: anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), sedimentary
Rock: clay, coal

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

Mazancová, M. (1958): Palynologický výzkum hnědouhelného ložiska Uhelná u Javorníka ve Slezsku. - Čas. Miner. Geol., 3, ?. Praha. Frejková, L. (1968): Žáruvzdorné jíly u Uhelné u Javorníka ve Slezsku. - Čas. Miner. Geol., 13, 2, 167-173. Praha.; Večeřa, J., Skácelová, Z. (2006): Ložisková mapa České republiky 1:25000 s Vysvětlivkami, 14-221 Žulová. – ČGS Praha, 33. s, Jeseník

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Skácel Jaroslav, 25.02.94
Updated by: Večeřa Josef 08.04.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 819 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/819.

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