Modlešovické sejpy
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihočeský kraj
District (town):
Strakonice
Village:
Strakonice, Čejetice
Cadastre:
Modlešovice, Hajská, Sedlíkovice
Map sheets:
22-32 Strakonice, 22-324 Strakonice
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
placer
ID:
465
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Large placer area in the Otava River floodplain. Gold was washed here as soon as by the end of a Bronze Age, most intensive activities took place in medieval times. Gravelly terrace sediments were richer in gold and are already exploited. Very interesting morphology with relics of gold washing activities.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Quaternary > Quaternary of erosional areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy:
Quaternary
Subject:
mining and mining impacts, mineralogy, economic geology
Geological phenomenon:
flood plaine
Genesis:
aquatic (water activity), sedimentary
Rock:
gravel-sand, gravel
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
open cast mining
References
- Farský R.(1926): Dnešní rýžování zlata na Strakonicku. Vesmír, roč.4,str.76-78. Praha
- Jirkovský R.(1947): Chemický a nerostný průzkum otavských zlatonosných a monasitových písků. Věstník Stát.geol.úst.republiky Československé, roč.22,str.315-327.Praha
- Kudrnáč J.(1981): Rýžování zlata na Strakonicku (výzkum pravěkého a středověkého rýžoviště v Modlešicích). Muzeum středního Pootaví Strakonice, 36 str.Strakonice
- Morávek P. et al.(1992): Zlato v Českém masívu. ČGÚ, 248 str.Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivan Cicha, 03.11.1994
Updated by:
Seifert Antonín, 16.09.2010
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 465 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/465.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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