Raw materials of Manětín area and their presentation in the form of educational patthway

This bachelor thesis focuses on the geological history (Late Proterozoic to Quaternary) of the Manětín Permian-Carboniferous basin. It also studies the historical and present use of raw materials (ores, non-metallics, caustobiolites) in the Manětín area, the northern part of the Plzeň-sever district. In appendix, information panels of the educational pathway are proposed. The Manětín basin consists of two structural levels. The lower one (Proterozoic metapelites) forms the base of the basin. The upper one (Permian-Carboniferous clastic sedimentary rocks) is the filling of the basin. There are also a few Proterozoic and Tertiary volcanic bodies. In the past, ore deposits (gold, silver, iron) had been exploited in the Manětín area. Non-metallics (glass sand, ocher, pyrite-slate, roof-slate, structural clay products, arkose) had been largely used, too. There was only a small scale extraction of caustobiolites (humites). Today's extraction is focused on natural stone (crushed stone) only (Zahrádka and Březín deposits). The proposal of the educational pathway contains seven information boards, that show the geological history of the Manětín basin and the use of local mineral raw materials (gold, slate, natural stone) with it's influence on the landscape, society and industry, particularly glass production. The..