General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Blansko
Cadastre: Šošůvka
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 : 744

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Large abandoned quarry exposing light grey Vilémovice Limestone (Macocha Formation, Lower Frasnian). Limestones contain recrystallized faunal remains of corals and stromatoporoid colonies and stromatactis structures. These limestones are supposed to represent a core of the true bioherm. Stratigraphically and sedimentologically significant locality. The site includes paleokarst phenomena of Palaeozoic and Mesozoic ages hydrothermal calcite vein, karst abys and terra rossa. This locality represents a part of the Protected Landscape Arrea Moravský kras - the Moravian Karst.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - karbon - spodní karbon - kulm - tournai, mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology, lithology, mineralogy, structural geology, mining and mining impacts
Geological phenomenon: krast pit, vein, abyss, fosil soil, deformation fabrics, unconformity, karst, karren, fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary, anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), chemogenetic, hydrothermal mineralization, weathering
Rock: shale, limestone, greywacke, siltstone, sand

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: without conflicts, private property

References

Musil, R. et al. (1993): Moravský kras, labyrint poznání. - Adamov.; Otava, J. – Morávek, R. (2013): Excursion Guide B3CZ, A3CZ The Most Interesting Karstological Phenomena of Moravia. 16th International Congress of Speleology, July 21-28. Brno. Excursion Guide B3CZ, A3CZ. 32 s. – Czech Speleological Society, Praha, Czech Republic. Praha. ISBN 970-80-905493-3-3.;Otava, J. – Baldík, V. – Slezák, L. (2015): Geologie okolí Sloupu v Moravském krasu po objevech speleopotápěčů. In Weiner T., Poukarová H., Kumpan T: Moravskoslezské paleozoikum 2015, XVIII. ročník, 5.únor 2015, Sborník abstraktů, s. 19-21. – MU, Přírodovědecká fakulta, Ústav geologických věd. Brno.;Dvořák, J. – Friáková, O. (1981): Paleogeografie famenu a tournai v severní části Moravského krasu (na základě konodontových faun). – Čas. Mineral. Geol., 26, 3, 301–306. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Dvořák Jaroslav, 22.11.93
Updated by: Otava Jiří 05.11.11, Otava Jiří 14.04.16, Kukal Zdeněk 12.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 744 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-24]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/744.

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