Javorník, Horní Fořt - Melchiorova štola
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Olomoucký kraj
District (town):
Jeseník
Village:
Javorník
Cadastre:
Javorník-ves
Map sheets:
14-22 Jeseník, 14-221 Žulová
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
gallery, mine, waste dump
ID:
607
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Old mining works. Abandoned mine with preserved adit collar and a dump. Workings were carried out in phyllites of the Branná Group with some interlayers of quartzites and crystalline limestones. Pb-ores were mined in the past. Mineralogically and petrologically important locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Lugicum > Orlice-Sněžník crystalline complex
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
mining and mining impacts, mineralogy, economic geology
Geological phenomenon:
ore mineralization, mineral
Genesis:
anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), hydrothermal mineralization
Rock:
phyllite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Skácel,J./1963/: Geologie krystalinika a rudních výskytů ve střední části Rychlebských hor.-Sborník Geol.věd,řada G,sv.3,ÚÚG Praha v Nakl.ČSAV. Kruťa,T./1973/: Slezské nerosty a jejich literatura.-Moravské museum v Brně. Fojt,B.,Kopa,D.,Skácel,J.(1978): Paragenetická studie As-Pb-Zn asociací v okolí Javorníka ve Slezsku.-Scripta Fac.sci.nat.UJEP,Geologica,1,6:27-56,Brno.Večeřa, J., Skácelová, Z. (2006): Ložisková mapa České republiky 1:25000 s Vysvětlivkami, 14-221 Žulová. – ČGS Praha, 33. s, Jesení
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jaroslav Skácel, 26.10.1994
Updated by:
Večeřa Josef, 08.04.2011, Kukal Zdeněk, 11.12.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 607 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/607.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-historical value, geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
poor
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