Morašice - lom
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Pardubický kraj
District (town):
Pardubice
Village:
Morašice
Cadastre:
Morašice v Železných horách
Map sheets:
13-41 Čáslav, 13-411 Chvaletice
Accessibility:
passable footpath
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
3664
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
The old abandoned quarry. So called CHvaletice granite (of Proterozoic age) was exploited there. The granite is fine grained and two-mica type. This granite is disintegrated into blocks. Some blocks represent relics of quarrying, The granite was used for pavement construction and also for regulation of the Labe (the Elbe River). In some cases this granite served as a decoration materiál, for instance for the bank in Kutná Hora city. This locality belongs to the National Geopark "Železné hory - the Iron Mts."
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Magmatites in Bohemicum > -Chvaletice Massif
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic
Subject:
geology
Geological phenomenon:
rock, outcrop
Genesis:
magmatic, anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock:
granite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Part of national geopark:
Železné hory
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
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, 08.02.2013
Updated by:
Kukal Zdeněk, 12.09.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3664 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3664.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
minor
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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