Velká propadlina na Kaňku
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Kutná Hora
Village:
Kutná Hora
Cadastre:
Sedlec u Kutné Hory
Map sheets:
13-32 Kolín, 13-322 Kolín
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
1357
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Subsidence depression on the hill summit. Evidences of old mining of silver and later polymetallic ores. The recent depression exposes a section through a Cretaceous basal conglomerate and overlying loess with Quaternary slope sediments. Locality frequented by tourists.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic > Kutná Hora and Svratka region > Kutná Hora crystalline complex
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic
Subject:
mining and mining impacts, mineralogy, geology, economic geology, history
Geological phenomenon:
unconformity, mineral, lithological boundary, transgression, characteristic rock
Genesis:
hydrothermal mineralization, tectonic, metamorphic (general metamorphism), anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock:
migmatite, loess, sandstone, breccia
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
reclamation, ground instability, vegetation
References
- Malec, J. (1999): Komplexní zhodnocení starých hald po těžbě rud na Kutnohorsku. - MS ÚNS -Výzkum s. r. o. Kutná Hora. Pauliš P. - Mikuš M. (1998): Stříbrná stezka. Hornická naučná stezka v Kutné Hoře. - Kuttna, 60 str, Kutná Hora Pauliš P. - Malec J. (2002): Kutnohorský rudní revír. Exkurze České geologické společnosti 9, ČGÚ Praha.Zelenka P. a kolektiv autorů, 2002: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 13322 Kolín.- Česká geologická služba Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Přemysl Zelenka, 25.07.2002, Veronika Štědrá, 25.07.2002
Updated by:
Plíšek Antonín, 12.11.2004, Štědrá Veronika, 23.09.2010
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1357 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1357.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
national
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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