General Characteristics

County (administration): Moravia-Silesian Region
District (town): Bruntál
Cadastre: Malá Morávka
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1442, 14422
Geological region: Silesicum and Žulová massif
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: old mine workings, mine
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 843

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Medieval mine where iron was exploited. This deposit occurs in volcanosedimentary rocks of the Vrbno Group (Devonian). Different types of phyllites and muscovitic crystalline limestones are exposed. Historically and petrologically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Silezicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon
Subject: mining and mining impacts, economic geology, mineralogy, petrology
Geological phenomenon: ore mineralization, rock
Genesis: anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), volcanic
Rock: phyllite, marble, dolomite, tuff

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: without conflicts

References

Opletal, M. (1984): Vysvětlivky k geologické mapě 1 : 25 000 Dolní Moravice. - MS ČGÚ Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Večeřa Josef, 24.11.93
Updated by: Večeřa Josef 08.04.11, Večeřa Josef 14.11.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 843 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/843.

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