Újezdský mlýn
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Kraj Vysočina
District (town):
Třebíč
Village:
Horní Újezd
Cadastre:
Horní Újezd u Třebíče
Map sheets:
23-44 Moravské Budějovice, 23-441 Želetava
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
old mine workings, gallery
ID:
4277
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
The defile of rock outcrops along the cycle path from Horní Újezd to Šebkovice near the bridge over Rokytná is formed by predominant calc-silicate rocks - erlans. In these rocks, it is possible to observe layers, intercalations and lenses of paragneises, crystalline limestones and dolomites and granitoid rocks. An interesting feature of the erlans is the characteristic selective banded weathering, which accentuates the locally well-defined folding in the rock. Historical mining of limestones has taken place at the site, documented by old mining pits at the top of Mlýnský kopec. An old prospecting adit can also be found at the northernmost edge of the defile. This would have been used for the mining of either graphite (according to local sources of information) or limonite (as suggested by the distinct limonitisation of the erlan by the adit).
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moldanubicum > Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum > Moldanubicum of West Moravia
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic - Paleozoic
Subject:
geology, lithology, economic geology, mining and mining impacts
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock, deformation fabrics, fold
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism), tectonic, anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock:
calc-silicate rock, marble, dolomite, pegmatite, aplite, paragneiss
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Hanák, V. (2018): Geomorfologie a mineralogie, [online][cit.2021-09-16] Dostupné z: https://www.horni-ujezd.com/geomorfologie%2Da%2Dmineralogie/d-1012/p1=1032
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Kristýna Hrdličková, 16.09.2021
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 4277 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/4277.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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