Švagrov
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Olomoucký kraj
District (town):
Šumperk
Village:
Vernířovice
Cadastre:
Vernířovice u Sobotína
Map sheets:
14-24 Bělá pod Pradědem,14-42 Rýmařov, 14-243 Loučná nad Dyjí,14-421 Velké Losiny
Accessibility:
access without footpath
Technical object:
waste dump, gallery, old mine workings
ID:
845
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Old mine works, dumps and adit entrances, mostly caved in. Stratiform banded magnetite ores of Sydvaranger type were exploited. They are embedded in pre-Devonian biotitic gneisses of the Desná Group. Mineralogically and historically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moravosilesian region > Silezicum
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
mining and mining impacts, economic geology, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon:
ore mineralization
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
gneiss
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Jeseníky
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Kruťa, T. - Paděra, K. - Pouba, Z. - Sládek, R. (1968): Die Mineralienparagenese in dem mittleren Teile des Altvatergebirges (Hrubý Jeseník, Hohes Gesenke, ČSSR. Fortsetzung. - Acta Mus. Mor., 53, 5-80. Brno.
- Pouba, Z. (1970): Pre-Cambrian banded magnetite ores of the Desná Dome. - Sbor. geol. věd, lož. geol., 12, 7-64. Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Bohuslav Fojt, 01.11.1993
Updated by:
Večeřa Josef, 23.05.2011
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 845 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/845.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
minor
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
minor
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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