Vírská skalka

General Characteristics

County (administration): Kraj Vysočina
District (town): Žďár nad Sázavou
Village: Vír
Cadastre: Vír
Map sheets: 24-11 Nové Mesto na Morave, 24-114 Dalčín
Accessibility: no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID: 1593


Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Svratka Crystalline. Deeply cut Svratka RIver valley, also rocky ouctrops overlooking a Vír Dam. Instructive outpcrops, mainly with two-mica leucocratic migmatites, underlain by two-mica mica schists, lepidoblastic, with garnet, medium- up to coarse grained. Nature reserve with precious natural forest stand.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic > Kutná Hora and Svratka region > Svratka crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: Proterozoic
Subject: geomorphology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: rock salient, characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: migmatite, orthogneiss


Territorial protection

Level of protection: Nature reserve
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 1861 (Vírská skalka)
Conflicts of interests: tourism


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.370 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Pavlína Jirková, 03.12.2009
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 16.10.2012, Buriánek David, 05.11.2012


Citation

The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1593 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1593.


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Assessment

Scientifical assesment: medium
Educational assesment: middle
Significance: regional
Representativeness: major
Geological importance: geo-regional value (mapping)
Excursion locality: yes
Locality conditions: no problems

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