GEOTOUR & IRSE 2012.pdf - Fakulta BERG - TUKE

Salgótarján, 04. – 06. October 2012
Fig. 3 The yield of the flooding Szinva creek, flowing down from the sinter expanding across the entire Szinva
valley; Szalajka, the Fátyol waterfall
Lakes and reservoirs
There are no natural lakes in the Bükk. All lakes have been created by human intervention:
the Hámori lake, the Pisztrángtelep lakes in the Garadna valley and at Mályinka, the reservoir
at Lázbérc, and the lake at Felsőtárkány. (The ancestor of the Hámori lake was the Taj. It was
a natural lake, as the sinter deposits of the Szinva and Garadna valleys acted as a natural
dam.) On the shores of the lake at Felsőtárkány, an exhibition of rocks can be seen,
introducing the rocks of the Bükk Mountains.
Wells yielding thermal karst water, supplying to baths, medicinal baths and medicinal
spas
Due to its hydrogeological characteristics, there are only tepid or warm (temperature lower
than 36.6 Celsius) water springs around the Bükk‟s brim, but oil drills have discovered much
warmer thermal karst water in Miskolc, Bogács, Mezőkövesd and Egerszalók. More and more
of this water is being used. Based on information provided by the unsuccessful oil drills, new
wells have been drilled in Miskolc, Eger, Andornaktálya, Demjén, Mezőkövesd, Bogács, with
the sole purpose of finding and using thermal karst water.
Thermal karst wells (drilled) forming spectacular nature sights
In the Bükk area (but basically in the entire country) the Egerszalók sinter cone is the most
significant such sight, and it‟s one of its kind. The lime is brought to the surface by the warm
thermal karst water welling up from the well that was drilled in 1961. So far 2000 m3 sinter
has been deposited on the surface and it‟s continuing to grow. (Many people call it „little
Pamukkale‟, and for good reason.) The other well in the area provides warm water and heat
for the most modern medicinal bath complex of the region.
Wells yielding thermal karst water used for heating
Until recent times, the use of thermal karst water for heating has almost been nonexistent in
the Bükk region. Since 2010, the thermal karst water of the wells drilled around Mályi and
Kistokaj have been used to provide part of the hot water supply and heating for Miskolc.
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