Mazák
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Moravskoslezský kraj
District (town):
Frýdek-Místek
Village:
Ostravice
Cadastre:
Staré Hamry 2
Map sheets:
25-24 Turzovka, 25-241 Staré Hamry
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
659
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Abandoned quarry exposes Upper Cretaceous strata of the Godula Development of the Silesian Unit (Outer Flysch Carpathians). The section is the type locality of the Mazák Formation (red shales) including the Ostravice Sandstone (thick calcareous sandstones and breccias). The Mazák Formation is overlaid by thin-rhythmic flysch of the Godula Formation.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > Flysch belt > Outer group of nappes > Silesian Unit > Silesian Unit
Stratigraphy:
Upper Cretaceous
Subject:
stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon:
stratotype, diamictite, bedding, fossils fauna, fossils-flora
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
sandstone, claystone, breccia
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Beskydy
Conflicts of interests:
waste disposal
References
- Foldyna, J. - Šuf, J (1964): Poznámka o slepenci ve fosilním výmolu ostravckých vrstev. - Sbor. vědec. Prací VŠB v Ostravě, 10, 1-2, řada hornic.-geologic., 185-188
- Roth, Z. et al. (1962): Vysvětlivky k přehledné geologické mapě 1 : 200 000 M-34-XIX Ostrava. – Geofond, 292 s., Praha
- Roth, Z. (1980): Stratigrafie godulské skupiny Moravskoslezských Beskyd ve světle hlubokých vrtů. – Věstník ÚÚG, 55, 2, 75-84
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Mojmír Eliáš, 18.11.1993
Updated by:
Bubík Miroslav, 16.11.2012, Vajskebrová Markéta, 19.11.2020
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 659 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/659.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
international
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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