General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Olomouc
Cadastre: Břevenec
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1444, 14441
Geological region: Silesicum and Žulová massif
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: placer
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 911

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Relics of gold panning in Pleistocene and Holocene sediments of the Oskava river. Accumulation of gold in sediments of two terraces about 300 cm thick. Interesting locality, showing old methods of gold washing.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: mineralogy, mining and mining impacts, economic geology
Geological phenomenon: flood plaine
Genesis: anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), aquatic (water activity)
Rock: sand

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

Čabala, V. et al. (1993): Jeseníky - rozsypy Au. - MS Unigeo Zlaté Hory. Novák, J. (1982): Povodí řeky Oskavy. - MS Geologický průzkum Ostrava. Novák, J. (1985): Rýžoviště zlata na řece Oskavě, severní Morava. - MS Geofond Praha. Novák, J. ( 1988): Prospekce Jeseníků - Au, revize pozůstatků sekundárních ložisek Au. - MS Unigeo Zlaté Hory. Proseková, M. - Sekyra, J. (1990): Problém provenience sekundárních ložisek Au v povodí Oskavy. - MS ČGU Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Mixa Petr, 30.11.93
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 11.11.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 911 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/911.

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