General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Blansko
Cadastre: Holštejn
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2423, 24233
Geological region: Drahany and Mírov Culm; Moravian and Mladeč karst
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3922

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The quarry in upper Devonian Vilémovice limestones exposes cavities filled with terra rossa, locally rich in fossils and other cavities filled with lower Miocene terrestrial sands and gravels.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér - pleistocén, paleozoikum - devon - svrchní devon
Subject: geomorphology, quaternary geology, paleontology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, mining and mining impacts
Geological phenomenon: fosil soil, karst cave, karren, fossils fauna
Genesis: chemogenetic, sedimentary, weathering , aquatic (water activity)
Rock: soil, topsoil, sand, limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Moravský kras
Conflicts of interests: private property, waste disposal, tourism

References

MUSIL, R. ed. (1993): Moravský kras – labyrinty poznání. – 336 s. GEO program, Adamov.KADLEC, J.- TÁBORSKÝ, Z. (2002): Terciérní jeskynní sedimenty v lomu Malá Dohoda u Holštejna v Moravském krasu (24-23 Protivanov) – Geologické výzkumy na Moravě a ve Slezsku, roč. 9, 30–33. Richtrová, D. (2012): Morfologie epikrasu a vadózní zóny. Diplomová práce, Ústav věd o Zemi, PřF MU Brno. ; Baldík, V. et al. (2016): Vysvětlivky k základním geologickým mapám České republiky 1 : 25 000 24-233 Ostrov u Macochy. MS Archiv České geologické služby.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Otava Jiří, 14.04.16
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 04.10.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3922 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3922.

Location in map: