Horní Temenice
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Olomoucký kraj
District (town):
Šumperk
Village:
Šumperk
Cadastre:
Horní Temenice
Map sheets:
14-41 Šumperk, 14-412 Šumperk
Accessibility:
special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
1941
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Silesicum and Žulová Massif. Active quarry exploiting Šumerk granodiorite. The rock is fine grained leucocratic biotite up to two-mica granodiorite with K-feldspar and plagioclase.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moravosilesian region > Silezicum
Stratigraphy:
Devonian
Subject:
petrology
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock
Genesis:
magmatic
Rock:
granodiorite, gneiss
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Pecina Vr., 2000: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 14412 Šumperk.- Český geologický ústav Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Vratislav Pecina, 19.02.2004
Updated by:
Vajskebrová Markéta, 10.06.2026
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1941 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1941.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
minor
Geological importance:
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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