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Entrée de mine de l'Argentière

Former silver and lead mine, entirely submerged, extending 150 metres and 17 metres deep across 5 levels.

Villeneuve-Minervois 150m 17m

Former silver and lead mine, entirely submerged, extending 150 metres and 17 metres deep across 5 levels.

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  1. Entrée de mine de l'Argentière

    43.332938, 2.476364
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Description

Morphology

The extent is 150 metres over 17 metres of depth across 5 levels.

Hydrology

It is entirely submerged; a shaft about 10 metres deep is present inside and must connect with the submerged shaft outside.

Other details

Former silver and lead mine. The entrance had been concreted with bars (impenetrable).

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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/93241 · 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 Korozyf (Description sommaire) · 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/93241 · data as of 2026