General Characteristics

County (administration): Vysočina Region
District (town): Havlíčkův Brod
Cadastre: Borek u Chotěboře
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1343, 13432
Geological region: Bohemian Moldanubicum
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1782

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Bohemian Moldanubicum, metamorphic units. Abanodoned quarry exposing body of serpentinite within Moldanubian paragneisses. Serpentinite is formed mainly of mineral serpentine of antigorite character. Nearby locality exposes garnet-rich eclogite. Protected rare flora on serpentinite bedrock.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geology, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock, mineral
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: serpentinite, eclogite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Čech L.,Šumpich J., Zabloudil V. a kol. (2002): Jihlavsko In: Mackovčin P., Sedláček M.(eds): Chráněná území ČR, Svazek VII. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno,str.113 Praha.; Vávra, V., Štelcl, J. a Malý, K. (2008): Průvodce po geologických zajímavostech Kraje Vysočina, Muzeum Vysočiny Jihlava, 145 stran, ISBN 978-80-86382-12-8.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 02.12.09
Updated by: Štěpánek Petr 06.09.10, Štěpánek Petr 15.09.10, Kukal Zdeněk 02.10.12, Vajskebrová Markéta 10.10.19

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1782 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-06]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1782.

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