General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Olomouc
Cadastre: Mladeč, Měník
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1443,1444,2421, 14434,14443,24212
Geological region: Drahany and Mírov Culm; Moravian and Mladeč karst
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2202

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Some important karst localities in the Třesín Massif are protected. Of them, the Mladeč Caverns are most notable. The cave called Na Štole was discovered by a prospect entry and is recently used for a speleotherapeutic purposes. The karst pipes (also called the stone organ) are now best preserved in an abandoned quarry near the road. This locality is registered as Nature Monument.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon
Subject: geology, geomorphology, structural geology, hydrogeology, sedimentology, paleontology, botany, economic geology
Geological phenomenon: karst, unconformity, incrustation, concretion , krast pit, karst cave, meander, cut-off meander, spring, river source, river terrace, fluvial terrace, horizontal section, karren, slickenside, fold, bed, fossils fauna, fossils-flora, fault, lithological boundary, stony organ
Genesis: anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), sedimentary, aquatic (water activity), weathering
Rock: limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument in Protected landscape area
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)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Litovelské Pomoraví
Conflicts of interests: open cast mining

References

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,str. 392 - 393, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 22.10.08
Updated by: Otava Jiří 03.11.08, Otava Jiří 03.06.11, Gürtlerová Pavla 11.11.11, Kukal Zdeněk 13.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2202 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-06]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2202.

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