U Balkova mlýna
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Kraj Vysočina
District (town):
Pelhřimov
Village:
Počátky
Cadastre:
Počátky
Map sheets:
23-32 Kamenice nad Lipou, 23-324 Žirovnice
Accessibility:
entry permit for car necessary
ID:
3907
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
This locality is in the form of a ledge or escarp. The rocks consist of a stromatitic migmatite up to migmatitized paragneisses with transition to biotitic metaquartzitic gneiss. Numerous boudins are made of metaquartzites and metaquartzitic gneisses and also erlans. Three metamorphic types of structure are observable, i.e. from foliation up to crenulation. This locality belongs to the Bohemian Moldanubicum.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moldanubicum > Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
structural geology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon:
horizontal section
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
migmatite, paragneiss, qurtzite, gneiss
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Part of national geopark:
Vysočina
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Pertoldová. a kol. (2015): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1:25 000 23–324 Žirovnice. – MS Česká geologická služba, Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Radmila Nahodilová, 26.02.2016
Updated by:
Kukal Zdeněk, 27.09.2017, Kukal Zdeněk, 10.11.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3907 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3907.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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