Morašice - halda
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:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
waste dump
ID:
3665
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
This locality is represented by old spoil dump. Forested area consists of Proterozoic volcanosedimentary rocks with phyllitized clayey shales, clayey graphitic shales and greywackes.They belong to so called Chvaletice Group of the Proterozoic age. All these rocks are intensively weathered and so covered by a muddy regolith. The rocks are also slightly metamorphosed. Nearby, also in an active quarry, fine grained two-mica granite is present. Mentioned dump has been accumulated during mining works. Some interesting minerals can be found there, such as rhodochrosite and rhodonite. The 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:
mineralogy
Geological phenomenon:
scree
Genesis:
anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock:
slate, schist, 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: 3665 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3665.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
minor
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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