General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Jeseník
Cadastre: Vápenná
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1422, 14223
Geological region: Silesicum and Žulová massif
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 820

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Karst cave and associated karst features. White crystalline limestone of a Middle Devonian age within phyllites and quartzites. Limestones are intensively jointed which enabled their karstification. The cave is decorated by dripstones and associated types of speleothems.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Silezicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon
Subject: petrology, stratigraphy, hydrogeology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: karst, karst cave
Genesis: aquatic (water activity)
Rock: marble, dolomite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National nature monument
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 Locality)
Conflicts of interests: tourism, open cast mining

References

Kučera, B. - Hromas, J. - Skřivánek, F. (1981): Jeskyně a propasti v Českoslovenku. - Academia Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Aichler Jaroslav, 10.11.94
Updated by: Večeřa Josef 14.11.08

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 820 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/820.

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