General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Jeseník
Cadastre: Česká Ves
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1422, 14224
Geological region: Silesicum and Žulová massif
ID : 823

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Rocky castellated ridge with isolated dyke of a granite muscovite pegmatite. Geomorphological phenomena of different scale. This pegmatite was petrologically also classified as porphyritic muscovite pegmatitic granite.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Silezicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon
Subject: geomorphology, petrology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: castellated ridge, weather pit, mushroom rock
Genesis: weathering
Rock: pegmatite, orthogneiss, gneiss

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Jeseníky
Conflicts of interests: sports, tourism

References

Gába, Z. (1987): Čertův kámen. - MS OVM Šumperk. Cháb, J. et al. (1990): Základní geologická mapa 1 : 25 000 list 14224 Jeseník. - Ústřední ústav geologický Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Aichler Jaroslav, 05.11.94
Updated by: Pecina Vratislav 03.06.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 823 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/823.

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