General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Jeseník
Cadastre: Zlaté Hory
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1511, 15113
Geological region: Moravosilesian Devonian; Drahany, Mírov and Jeseníky Culm, incl. the Maleník block
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 855

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Natural outcrops on a ridge. Rocks are formed of blackish phyllitic shales of the Andělská Hora Formation (Lower Carboniferous, Tournaisian- Viséan). Relics of small-scale recumbent folds are preserved. Sedimentologically and tectonically instructive locality, recommended for protection.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - karbon - spodní karbon - kulm - visé
Subject: petrology, structural geology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: horizontal section, fold
Genesis: tectonic, sedimentary
Rock: phyllitic schist, siltstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Zpracováno dle nepublikovaných terénních výzkumů v letech 1990-1993 prováděných P. Orlem, J. Otavou, P. Hanžlem (ČGÚ Brno a Jeseník).

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Orel Petr, 01.12.93
Updated by: Otava Jiří 04.11.11, Kukal Zdeněk 12.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 855 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/855.

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