Mezholezská vápenka
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Kutná Hora
Village:
Miskovice
Cadastre:
Bylany u Kutné Hory
Map sheets:
13-32 Kolín, 13-324 Kutná Hora
Accessibility:
passable footpath
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
87
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Old quarry with several types of bioclastic limestones. Several layers of a tempestite. Cenomanian and Turonian sediments are present with boundary beds between the two units. Stratigraphically and sedimentologically very important locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Cretaceous of the Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin - Kolín development
Stratigraphy:
Cenomanian
Subject:
sedimentology, stratigraphy, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
krast pit, selective erosion, transgression
Genesis:
sedimentary, organogenic (activity of organisms)
Rock:
limestone, gneiss
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
waste disposal
References
- Klein, V. (1962): Litologie a stratigrafie cenomanských organodetritických vápenců v západním okolí Kutné Hory. - Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., 27, 385-407. Praha
- Macák, F. et al. (1968): The platform Cover of the Bohemian Massiv. Guide to Excursion 12AC Czechoslovakia. Internat. Geol. Congr., XXIII Ses. Prague. Praha
- Nekvasilová, O. (1973): The brachiopod genus Bohemirhynchia gen.n. and Cyclothyris McCoy (Rhynchonellidae from the Upper Cretaceous of Bohemia. - Sbor. geol. Věd, Paleont., 15, 75-117. Praha
- Žítt, J. (1986): Lilijice vybraných lokalit příbřežního vývoje české křídy. - MS Archiv Geol. úst. AV.
- Žítt, J. (1993): Nové poznatky o lilijicích příbřežního vývoje české křídy (kolínská litofaciální oblast). - Zpr. geol. Výzk., rok 1992. Praha.
- Štědrá V. (ed., 2010): Geologická mapa 1:25 000 list 13324 Kutná Hora s vysvětlivkami. ČGS Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Vladimír Klein, 30.11.1993, Olga Nekvasilová, 30.11.1993
Updated by:
Štědrá Veronika, 17.06.2010
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 87 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/87.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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