Former shell limestone quarry southeast of Ramsthal

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Former Muschelkalkbruch SÖ from Ramsthal
Overview of the former Muschelkalkbruch.

Overview of the former Muschelkalkbruch.

location Ramsthal , Lower Franconia , Bavaria , Germany
surface 600sqm
Identifier Geotope 672A021
Geographical location 50 ° 8 '  N , 10 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 7 '56 "  N , 10 ° 5' 15"  E
Former Muschelkalkbruch southeast of Ramsthal (Bavaria)
Former shell limestone quarry southeast of Ramsthal
Sea level from 350 m to 353 m
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The former limestone fraction southeast of Ramsthal is a geological site in the district of Ramsthal in the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen . In the shell there are fossils and sedimentary geodes from the Middle Triassic , from approximately 247.2 to about 235 million years ago.

description

Fossilized clam patches; the scale shows 20 cm.
A sedimentary geode; the scale shows 3 cm.

The abandoned quarry is located in the southeast of the Ramsthal municipality 350 m above sea level. NHN and is about 30 m long, 20 m wide and 3 m high. The rocks come from the geological spatial unit of the western Franconian plates . The Bavarian State Office for the Environment classifies the area as a geotope with the number 672A021. Neighboring geotopes are the former Muschelkalkbruch southwest of Krautheim and the former Muschelkalkbruch south-southwest of Dettelbach .

Find opportunities

There is wave limestone , a foam limestone bank with a stromatolithic character and orbicularis layers with their key fossil , numerous pavements of the round mussel Neoschizodus orbicularis . The rocks belong to the Lower and Middle Muschelkalk .

There are opportunities to find fossils.

The geotope is also home to some endangered species, such as the silver thistle .

Development

The quarry is significant as an excursion, research and teaching object. The general geoscientific significance is valuable.

Commons : Muschelkalkbruch von Ramsthal  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b State Office for the Environment (Ed.): Former. Muschelkalkbruch SÖ from Ramsthal , accessed on August 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ M. Henz, B. Neubig and J. Sell: Der Untere Muschelkalk von Unterfranken. A contribution from the Mainfränkische Trias Euerdorf collection.
  3. ↑ A. Müller, G. Beutler and S. Siegesmund: Geologie des Triaslandes und Landschaftsentwicklung In: S. Siegesmund, M. Hoppert and K. Epperlein (eds.): "Nature | Stone | Culture | Wine: Between Saale and Unstrut ”, ISBN 978-3-95462-293-1 Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle / Saale (2014).