Mramorový lom - Dolní Morava
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Pardubický kraj
District (town):
Ústí nad Orlicí
Village:
Dolní Morava
Cadastre:
Velká Morava
Map sheets:
14-23 Králíky, 14-231 Morava
Accessibility:
entry permit for car necessary
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
4097
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Large quarry with intermittent mining. Whitish marble is exploited. It forms massive elongated body within biotite gneisses and mica schists. Platy jointing of the marble enables its use e.g. for cladding and facing. Marblstones are calcified, small network of caverns has been formed, one of them is accessible. The locality belongs to Orlice-Sněžník Crystalline.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Lugicum > Orlice-Sněžník crystalline complex
Stratigraphy:
Neoproterozoic
Subject:
lithology, building and decorative stone, mining and mining impacts, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock, karst
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism), anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), aquatic (water activity)
Rock:
marble, dolomite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Conflicts of interests:
open cast mining
References
- Databáze Dekoračních kamenů , ČGS, http://dekoracni-kameny.geology.cz/
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Pavla Gürtlerová, 13.09.2017
Updated by:
Pecina Vratislav, 18.09.2017, Kukal Zdeněk, 04.03.2018
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 4097 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/4097.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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