Important Geological Localities

Státní lom - Čelechovice na Hané

General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomoucký kraj
District (town): Prostějov
Village: Čelechovice na Hané
Cadastre: Čelechovice na Hané
Map sheets: 24-24 Prostějov, 24-241 Prostějov
Accessibility: no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID: 747

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Large abandoned quarry exposing thick sequence of dark grey dolomites and dolomitic Lažánky Limestone (Macocha Formation, Eifelian, Middle Devonian). It is overlain by a denudational relic of the Čelechovice Limestone rich in fossils. Stratigraphically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif > Moravosilesian region > Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: Devonian
Subject: paleontology, stratigraphy, botany, geology, quaternary geology, economic geology, mineralogy, petrology, sedimentology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: karst, krast pit, bed, fossils fauna, stratotype
Genesis: anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), sedimentary, gravitational, weathering
Rock: limestone

Territorial protection

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, code 6125 (Kosířské lomy)
Conflicts of interests: waste disposal

References

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Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jaroslav Dvořák, 22.11.1993
Updated by: Otava Jiří, 03.11.2008

Citation

The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 747 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/747.

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Assessment

Scientifical assesment: extraordinary
Educational assesment: major
Significance: national
Representativeness: major
Geological importance: paleontological type locality, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality: yes
Locality conditions: no problems