Bohouňovice - Hranice
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Kolín
Village:
Červené Pečky
Cadastre:
Bohouňovice I
Map sheets:
13-32 Kolín, 13-322 Kolín
Technical object:
old mine workings
ID:
1355
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Natural outcrops of garnet-bearing serpentinite covered by Cretaceous sediments. Garnet grains were washed from the weathered portion of serpentinite. Unique example of old exploitation of Bohemian garnets.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic > Kutná Hora and Svratka region > Kutná Hora crystalline complex
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic
Subject:
economic geology, mining and mining impacts, petrology, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
serpentine
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
forestry, agriculture
References
- Běhal V., Pauliš P. (2001) Paris, P. (1972): Horniny a granáty kutnohorského krystalinika. -Dipl. práce PřFUK, MS Geofond Praha. Doubek, Z. (1996): Zaniklá lokalita granátu a sférolitického křemene hvězdovce od Bohouňovic u Červených Peček. - Minerál 1996/6, str. 388-390, nakl. M.Bohatý, Brno
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Přemysl Zelenka, 24.07.2004, Veronika Štědrá, 24.07.2004
Updated by:
Lorencová Markéta, 25.01.2005
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1355 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1355.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
Educational assesment:
Significance:
Representativeness:
Geological importance:
geo-historical value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
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