Galerie dite de Clairlieu
A group of abandoned artificial water-supply galleries, transformed into a caving training centre by USAN (Spéléodrome).
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Galerie dite de Clairlieu
A group of abandoned artificial water-supply galleries, transformed into a caving training centre by USAN (Spéléodrome).
Laxou
Depth: 65 m
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A group of abandoned artificial water-supply galleries, transformed into a caving training centre by USAN (Spéléodrome).
Description
Morphology
A group of abandoned artificial water-supply galleries. Five shafts on the plateau provide access to the galleries.
Other details
Cavity transformed into a caving training centre by USAN (Spéléodrome).
Geology: Ferruginous formation - Micaceous marls - Sandy limestones - Encrinite limestones - White oolite with Clypeus angustiporus - Lower coral limestones - Cannabine oolite - Upper coral limestones.
Bibliography: Imbeaux and Villain (1902), Dumont (1963), Louis and Lehmuller (1966), Maubeuge (1977a), Le Roux and Salado (1980), Prévot et al. (1991, 2012).
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=54578001
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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/89805 · 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/89805 · data as of 2026