General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Jeseník
Cadastre: Supíkovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1422, 14224
Geological region: Silesicum and Žulová massif
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 804

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Series o outcrops on a hill with karst phenomena. Devonian crystalline limestone. 400 m of karst aisles discovered, 250 m now accessible. Also 50 m long cave. Speleotheme decoration was destroyed. Geomorphologically and petrologically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Silezicum, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of denudation areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon, kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: petrology, geomorphology, hydrogeology
Geological phenomenon: karst, karst cave, karren
Genesis: aquatic (water activity), glacigenic (glacier activity)
Rock: marble, dolomite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National nature monument
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area: (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Gába, Z. (1984): Státní přírodní rezervace Na Špičáku. - Naše slovo z 16. 5. 1984. Kučera, B. - Hromas, J. - Skřivánek, F. (1981): Jeskyně a propasti v Českoslovenku. - Academia Praha. Šafář J a kol.(2003): Olomoucko. In: Mackovčin P., Sedláček M.(eds): Chráněná území ČR, Svazek VI. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Aichler Jaroslav, 26.11.93
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 15.11.07, Večeřa Josef 14.11.08, Pecina Vratislav 01.06.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 804 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-12-08]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/804.

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