Chvaletice
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Pardubický kraj
District (town):
Pardubice
Village:
Chvaletice
Cadastre:
Chvaletice
Map sheets:
13-41 Čáslav, 13-411 Chvaletice
Accessibility:
special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object:
waste dump
ID:
3587
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Northern margin of the Železné hory Crystalline consists of Proterozoic rocks belonging to the Chvaletice Group. Petrologically these sediments consist of phyllitized claystone, clayey and graphitic shales and greywackes. Intensive ore mineralization affected the whole area of former marine depositional environment. The so called "Chvaletice deposit" with manganese and pyrite ores became the largest deposit in the whole Austrian-Hungarian Empire. The mineralization affected Proterozoic clayey sediments. The open working changed completely the landscape which is now covered by ash produced in nearby power plant. In the past several new minerals were discovered in this area. In the southern part of the locality so called the Chvaletice granite is exploited in two active quarries. The whole locality belongs to the National Geopark "Železné hory - the Iron Mountains".
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Železné hory Mts. Proterozoicum > Chvaletice Group
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic
Subject:
mineralogy, lithology, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
transgression
Genesis:
sedimentary, metamorphic (general metamorphism), anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock:
skarn, chert, hornfels, slate, schist, greywacke, granite, claystone, sandstone, opuka (aranaceous marlstone)
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Part of national geopark:
Železné hory
Conflicts of interests:
private property, industry, open cast mining
References
- DOUCEK, Jan (2012): Národní Geopark Železné hory - mapování. Závěrečná zpráva, MS Vodní zdroje Chrudim, spol. s r. o
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Anna Králová, 29.10.2012
Updated by:
Kukal Zdeněk, 12.09.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3587 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3587.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
minor
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
ruined
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