General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Blansko
Cadastre: Krhov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2414, 24144
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - E-Bohemian and W-Moravian Cretaceous; Chrudim Cretaceous; Králíky Furrow; Police Basin
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3853

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The abandoned quarry opened on an inselberg slope. Exposed Cretaceous sediments lie on the basement formed of Permian sediments of the Boskovice Graben. The Cretaceous sediments represent erosion relics and form elevations which can be characterized as inselbergs. The Cretaceous sediments belong to the Peruc-Korycany Formation. Their lower part is formed of quartzose sediments passing into claystones with some interlayering coal seams. Overlying Korycany beds consist of two parts, lower one made of quartzose sandstones, upper one of glauconitic sandstones.already of marine origin. Overlying sediments of the Bílá Hora Formation consist of glauconitic sandstones, spongiolites and calcareous sediments called "opuka".
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman, mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - turon - spodní turon
Subject: geomorphology, mining and mining impacts, lithology, paleontology, sedimentology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: table mountain, bed, fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, opuka (aranaceous marlstone)

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: vegetation

References

Dvořák J. (1951): Křídový útvar v okolí Chlumů u Obory na Moravě.- Věst. Král. čes. Spol. Nauk, 14, 1-15, Praha. Dvořák, J. (1953): Křídový útvar východně od řeky Svitavy mezi Letovicemi a Hradcem nad Svitavou. – Rozpravy Československé Akademie Věd, řada MPV, 63, 1, 1-19.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Kumpan Tomáš, 21.05.15
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 25.09.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3853 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-16]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3853.

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