General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Blansko
Cadastre: Lažánky
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2441, 24411
Geological region: Drahany and Mírov Culm; Moravian and Mladeč karst
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 734

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry with dark grey Lažánky Limestone (Macocha Formtion). Some beds are rich in stromatoporoid fauna. This locality represents a stratotype of the Lažánky Limestone. There occur mainly biomicritic and micritic limestone types. The locality is a part of the Protected Landscape Area Moravský Kras - the Moravian Karst.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon - střední devon
Subject: stratigraphy, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: karst cave, karst, cliff, stratotype, characteristic rock
Genesis: anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), sedimentary
Rock: limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National nature reserve 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) - Moravský kras
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts, waste disposal

References

Musil, R. et al. (1993): Moravský kras, labyrint poznání. - Adamov.; Otava, J. et al (in prep 2013): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1:25000 list Jedovnice 24-411.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Dvořák Jaroslav, 22.11.93
Updated by: Otava Jiří 14.11.08, Gürtlerová Pavla 20.09.13, Kukal Zdeněk 06.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 734 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/734.

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