General Characteristics

County (administration): Moravia-Silesian Region
District (town): Bruntál
Cadastre: Nová Rudná
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1531, 15311
Geological region: Silesicum and Žulová massif
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Technical object: mine
ID : 866

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Old mines where iron ore was exploited. This deposit consists of bands of fine-grained magnetite and chlorite, with some specularite. Surrounding rocks are formed of greenschists, chloritic and sericitic schists and porphyroids belonging to the rocks of Vrbno Group.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Silezicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon
Subject: mining and mining impacts, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon: ore mineralization
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: greenschist

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Jeseníky
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Večeřa, J. (1983): Mineralogie chloritů z některých Fe - ložisek typu Lahn-Dill z vrbenské skupiny. - MS DP UJEP Brno.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Večeřa Josef, 24.11.93
Updated by: Večeřa Josef 24.05.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 866 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-24]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/866.

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