General Characteristics

County (administration): Moravia-Silesian Region
District (town): Bruntál
Cadastre: Skály
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1442, 14424
Geological region: Silesicum and Žulová massif
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: old mine workings
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 899

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Old mining works and remnants of a processing plant. Ancient exploitation of iron ores od a Lahn Dill type embedded in diabases, greenschists and porphyries of the Vrbno Group. Jaspilite, magnetite and hematite ores were mined. Mineralogically and historically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Silezicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon
Subject: mineralogy, mining and mining impacts, economic geology
Geological phenomenon: ore mineralization, mineral
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: spilite

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

Novák, M. - Jilemnická, L. (1986): Hořčíkem a železem bohatý modrý beryl ze Skal u Rýmařova. - Čas. Min. geol., 30, 2, 173-178. Praha.; Řepka, V. , Rambousek, P. , Grygárek, J. , Večeřa, J. , Mašek, D. , Botula, J. , MIchalčík, P. , Skácelová, Z. (2010): Výzkum dlouhodobé eliminace rizik po těžbě rud v hornobenešovském a hornoměstském revíru. Závěrečná zpráva ke grantovému projektu GAČR č. 105/07/1358. 74 s. MS archiv ČGS, Knihovna TU-VŠB.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Večeřa Josef, 24.11.93
Updated by: Večeřa Josef 23.05.11, Večeřa Josef 14.11.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 899 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-19]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/899.

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