General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Šumperk
Cadastre: Maršíkov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1442, 14421
Geological region: Silesicum and Žulová massif
Technical object: guarry, gallery, waste dump
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 897

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Small abandoned quarry with an old adit and surrounding dumps. Pegmatite which penetrates through a hornblende gneiss. Several types of pegmatite lenses were described. Petrologically and mineralogically very interesting locality.
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: vein, mineral
Genesis: magmatic, hydrothermal mineralization
Rock: pegmatite, 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: collection

References

Kretschmer, F. (1911): Das metamorphe Diorit- und Gabbromassiv in der Umgebung von Zöptau (Mähren) - Jahrb. d. geol. Reichanstalt, 61, 51-180. Berlin. Kruťa, T. et al. (1968): Die Mineralienparagenese in dem mittleren Teile des Altvatergebirges (Hrubý Jeseník, Hohes Gesenke, ČSSR). - Čas. Mor. Muz., přír., 53, 5-80. Brno. Skácel, J. (1968): Oblastní surovinová studie Jeseníky, 2, 750-752, 755-757. - MS GP Ostrava. Staněk, J. (1981): Pegmatity Moravy . in Bernard, J. H. et al.: Mineralogie Československa. Academia Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Zimák Jiří, 15.10.93
Updated by: Pecina Vratislav 03.06.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 897 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-08]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/897.

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