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Carrières souterraines de la Fontaine

Private quarry extending several hundred metres in the vacuolar Oolite of Savonnières, with no natural cavity.

Brauvilliers 15m

Private quarry extending several hundred metres in the vacuolar Oolite of Savonnières, with no natural cavity.

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  1. Carrières souterraines de la Fontaine

    48.561778, 5.149289
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Description

Morphology

Private property; the quarry extends several hundred metres. No natural cavity.

Other details

Geology: vacuolar Oolite of Savonnières.

Bibliography: Devaux (1975b).

For more information on the origin of this data, see the IKARE website http://ikare.loterr.univ-lorraine.fr/dev_leaflet/fiche_GRAV.php?IdSelect=55075009

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Contains information from Grottocenter (Wikicaves), grottocenter.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/88652 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected] · data as of 2026 · Source: Grottocenter (Association Wikicaves), worldwide collaborative cave database (grottocenter.org), modified. CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Grottocenter (Wikicaves) · Text by Frédéric Urien - compte administrateur (Données IKARE) · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/88652 · data as of 2026