Trhonice
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Kraj Vysočina
District (town):
Žďár nad Sázavou
Village:
Jimramov
Cadastre:
Trhonice
Map sheets:
24-11 Nové Mesto na Morave, 24-112 Jedlová
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
2913
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
The road cut with a series of rock outcrops.Most of these rocks represent two-mica paraggneisses paassing into pearl gneisses. These rock are in contact with so called Trhonice Marbles, which are exposed in nearby quarry. The pearl gneiss has a composition of two-mica gneiss up to biotite gneiss and contains plagioklase porphyroblasts. This locality belongs to the Polička Crystalline.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Polička crystalline complex
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic
Subject:
geology
Geological phenomenon:
rock
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
marble, dolomite, gneiss
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Buriánek, D., a kol. (2008): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1 : 25 000 24-112 Jedlová. Česká geologická služba. Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Pavla Gürtlerová, 12.11.2008
Updated by:
Buriánek David, 26.11.2012, Kukal Zdeněk, 12.09.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2913 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2913.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
no problems
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