Sloupno - lom

General Characteristics

County (administration): Kraj Vysočina
District (town): Havlíčkův Brod
Village: Sloupno
Cadastre: Sloupno u Chotěboře
Map sheets: 13-44 Hlinsko, 13-443 Chotěboř
Accessibility: special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object: quarry
ID: 2635


Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Bohemicum, magmatites. Železné hory Mts. Pluton. Part of Protected landscape area. Large Active quarry producing aggregates. Rocks can be classifed as hornblende metadiorites with transition to hornblende metagranodiorite. Also body of amphibolite is present. Fine- up to medium-grained metagranitoids contain quartz, plagioclase, potassium feldspar and small amount of biotite. Rocks are parly mylonitized.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Magmatites in Bohemicum
Stratigraphy: Devonian - Permian
Subject: economic geology, geology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: magmatic
Rock: metagranitoid, diorite


Territorial protection

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): Železné hory
Part of national geopark: Železné hory
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts


References
  • Dudíková Schulmannová B. et al. (2006): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1 : 25 000 13-443 Chotěboř. Archív ČGS. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Barbora DudíkSchulmannová, 17.01.2007
Updated by: DudíkSchulmannová Barbora, 22.08.2007


Citation

The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2635 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2635.


Location in map:

Assessment

Scientifical assesment: medium
Educational assesment: middle
Significance: regional
Representativeness: major
Geological importance: geoturistic value
Excursion locality: yes
Locality conditions: no problems

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