Břevenec

General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomoucký kraj
District (town): Olomouc
Village: Šumvald
Cadastre: Břevenec
Map sheets: 14-44 Šternberk, 14-441 Troubelice
Accessibility: no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: placer
ID: 911


Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Relics of gold panning in Pleistocene and Holocene sediments of the Oskava river. Accumulation of gold in sediments of two terraces about 300 cm thick. Interesting locality, showing old methods of gold washing.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif > Quaternary > Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: Quaternary
Subject: mineralogy, mining and mining impacts, economic geology
Geological phenomenon: flood plaine
Genesis: anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), aquatic (water activity)
Rock: sand


Territorial protection

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts


References
  • Čabala, V. et al. (1993): Jeseníky - rozsypy Au. - MS Unigeo Zlaté Hory. Novák, J. (1982): Povodí řeky Oskavy. - MS Geologický průzkum Ostrava. Novák, J. (1985): Rýžoviště zlata na řece Oskavě, severní Morava. - MS Geofond Praha. Novák, J. ( 1988): Prospekce Jeseníků - Au, revize pozůstatků sekundárních ložisek Au. - MS Unigeo Zlaté Hory. Proseková, M. - Sekyra, J. (1990): Problém provenience sekundárních ložisek Au v povodí Oskavy. - MS ČGU Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Petr Mixa, 30.11.1993
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 11.11.2011


Citation

The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 911 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/911.


Location in map:

Assessment

Scientifical assesment: great
Educational assesment: middle
Significance: supraregional
Representativeness: middle
Geological importance: geoturistic value
Excursion locality: yes
Locality conditions: acceptable

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