Humperky
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Pardubický kraj
District (town):
Chrudim
Village:
Skuteč
Cadastre:
Skuteč
Map sheets:
14-33 Polička, 14-331 Proseč
Accessibility:
special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
3667
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
This locality in a form of active quarry belongs to the Hlinsko Proterozoic and Palaeozoic. The cropping out rock series consists of contactly metamorphosed phyllitic schists, spotted schists, greywackes, cherty greywackes and fine grained greyish cherts. The rocks are crushed just in the quarry and are used as an aggregate for road covering. The lowest quarry level is flooded but in the upper levels the quarrying goes on.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Hlinsko Proterozoicum and Palaeozoicum (Hlinsko Zone)
Stratigraphy:
Ordovician
Subject:
geology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon:
cliff
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
slate, schist, greywacke, chert, hornfels
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Part of national geopark:
Železné hory
Conflicts of interests:
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, 08.02.2013
Updated by:
Rambousek Petr, 14.10.2013, Kukal Zdeněk, 12.09.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3667 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3667.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping)
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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