
Vrása Petrovice
General Characteristics
County (administration): 
Ústecký kraj
District (town): 
Ústí nad Labem
Village: 
Petrovice
Cadastre: 
Petrovice u Chabařovic
Map sheets: 
02-14 Petrovice, 02-144 Petrovice
Accessibility: 
no traffic restriction ( by car)
 ID: 
337
Geology
Short characteristics of the site: 
Natural forested outcrop shows a fine- up to medium-grained muscovite-biotite orthogneiss with paragneiss xenoliths, which are partly assimilated. In the orthogneiss there is a thin layer of fine-grained amfibolite. Petrologically important locality.
Regional geologic unit: 
Bohemian Massif > Saxothuringicum > Krušné hory and Smrčiny crystalline complexes
Stratigraphy: 
Proterozoic
Subject: 
geology, petrology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: 
fold
Genesis: 
metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: 
amphibolite
Territorial protection
Level of protection: 
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests: 
estates
References
- Schovánek, P. et al. (1991): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSFR 1 : 25 000 02-144, 02-142 Petrovice. ČGÚ Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by: 
Bedřich Mlčoch, 26.10.1994
Updated by: 
Mlčoch Bedřich, 10.10.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 337 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/337.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment: 
medium
Educational assesment: 
major
Significance: 
regional
Representativeness: 
major
Geological importance: 
Excursion locality: 
yes
Locality conditions: 
no problems
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