Břidličná

General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomoucký kraj
District (town): Šumperk
Village: Vernířovice
Cadastre: Vernířovice u Sobotína
Map sheets: 14-42 Rýmařov, 14-422 Malá Morávka
Accessibility: access without footpath
ID: 842


Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Talus on mountain slope. Blocks of Darkov Quartzite with preserve remains of macrofauna (brachiopods, pelecypods and ichnofossils). Intreresting example of fossil preservation in regionally metamorphosed micaceous quartzites.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif > Moravosilesian region > Silezicum
Stratigraphy: Devonian
Subject: paleontology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: scree, fossils fauna
Genesis: weathering
Rock: qurtzite


Territorial protection

Level of protection: Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): Jeseníky
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 3408 (Břidličná)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts


References
  • Chlupáč, I. (1975): Nové nálezy fauny v metamorfovaném devonu Hrubého Jeseníku a jejich význam. - Čas. Mineral. Geol., 20, 259-271. Praha. Chlupáč, I. (1989): Fossil communities in the metamorphic Lower Devonian of the Hrubý Jeseník Mts., Czechoslovakia. - N. Jb. Geol. Palaont., Abh., 177, 3, 367-392.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Ivo Chlupáč, 29.06.1993
Updated by: Pecina Vratislav, 02.06.2011


Citation

The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 842 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/842.


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Assessment

Scientifical assesment: medium
Educational assesment: middle
Significance: supraregional
Representativeness: middle
Geological importance: geo-regional value (mapping)
Excursion locality: yes
Locality conditions: acceptable

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