General Characteristics

County (administration): Moravia-Silesian Region
District (town): Frýdek-Místek
Cadastre: Vendryně
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2611, 26111
Geological region: Subsilesian & Silesian units
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3494

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The small outcrop and abandoned quarry of preserved old limekiln shows typical lithology of both mudstone and detritic facies of the Těšín Limestone Formation (Silesian Unit). These strata represent initial flysch sedimentation in the Silesian Basin around the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Outer (Menilit-Krosněny) group of nappes
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - spodní křída - berrias, mezozoikum - jura - svrchní jura - malm - tithon
Subject: geology, mining and mining impacts, lithology, paleontology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, ichnofossil
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: marlstone, limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Technical or cultural monument
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Menčík, E. et al. (1983): Geologie Moravskoslezských Beskyd a Podbeskydské pahorkatiny. – Ústř. Úst. geol. 1–304, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Bubík Miroslav, 06.04.12
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 27.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3494 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3494.

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