Lom Konstantin
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Olomoucký kraj
District (town):
Šumperk
Village:
Staré Město
Cadastre:
Velké Vrbno
Map sheets:
14-23 Králíky, 14-232 S.Město
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
615
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Active quarry in a Velké Vrbno Dome, in the so called Velké Vrbno graphite Zone. Broad spectrum of metamophic rocks crops out, as biotitic quartzite, garnet-bearing phyllite and carbonate rocks. Thickness of graphite layers is variable, usually between 200 and 300 cm. The only exploited graphite deposit in Moravia.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Lugicum > Orlice-Sněžník crystalline complex
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
economic geology, mineralogy, petrology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon:
outcrop
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
marble, dolomite, qurtzite, phyllite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Květoň, P.(1951): Stratigrafie krystalinických sérií v okolí severomoravských grafitových ložisek. -Sbor. ÚÚG, LXVIII/1951, odd. geol. Praha. Harazim S.(1976): Šmula R. (1994): Výsledky podrobného geologického průzkumu na lokalitě Konstantin u Starého Města pod Sněžníkem. - Uhlí, rudy, geologický průzkum, vol. 1, No. 8, pp. 309-313. Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Vratislav Pecina, 31.10.1994
Updated by:
Pecina Vratislav, 02.06.2011
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 615 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/615.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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