Vrbčany lom
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Kolín
Village:
Vrbčany
Cadastre:
Vrbčany
Map sheets:
13-13 Brandýs nad Labem - Stará Boleslav, 13-134 Český Brod
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
1542
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Kutná Hora Crystalline. Abandoned and partly flooded quarry with metagranites of the Kutná Hora Group. Metagranites are light grey with muscovite and biotite. In southern part of this quarry a block of migmatized gneisses up to stromatitic migmatites occurs. Metagranites represent one of two main rock types of the Kutná Hora Group.
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:
petrology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock
Genesis:
magmatic, metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
metagranite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Zelenka P. a kol. (2002): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1:25 000, list 13134- Český Brod. ČGS, Prah
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Vlastimil Holub, 10.11.2003, Karel Martínek, 10.11.2003, Jan Mašek, 10.11.2003, Přemysl Zelenka, 10.11.2003, Petr Štěpánek, 10.11.2003
Updated by:
Plíšek Antonín, 12.11.2004
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1542 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1542.
Location in map:
Assessment
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Significance:
Representativeness:
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
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