General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Jeseník
Cadastre: Zlaté Hory
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1511, 15113
Geological region: Silesicum and Žulová massif
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: mine, shaft, old mine workings
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 851

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Medieval mine with preserved workings. This small-scale mine exploited gold-bearing quartz veins. Later also disseminated pyrite was exploited for a production of sulphuric acid. Historically and mineralogically significant. Example of medieval mining and processing methods.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Silezicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon
Subject: mining and mining impacts, mineralogy, economic geology
Geological phenomenon: ore mineralization
Genesis: anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock: slate, schist

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Technical or cultural monument
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Večeřa, J. (1991): Taponomie dolů ve Zlatých Horách. In.: Historie dolování ve Slezsku a na severní Moravě. Zlaté Hory. ; Zachař, Z. (1991): Současný stav hornických děl ve Zlatých Horách. In.: Historie dolování ve Slezsku a na severní Moravě. Zlaté Hory.; Večeřová Viera (2005): Zpráva o revizi starých důlních děl v oblasti Zlatohorský rudní revír, historické doly na zlato, barevné kovy a železo. MS. 20 s.; 19 př. Jeseník.; Večeřa, J.; Večeřová, V. (2010): Historie zlatohorských dolů (History of mining in Zlaté Hory). – PINKA, 98 s. Jeseník

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Večeřa Josef, 24.11.93
Updated by: Večeřa Josef 07.04.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 851 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/851.

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