Les Minières de Luzy
Cavity located in the centre of a group of dolines forming former iron-ore workings, with ore trapped in a palaeokarst, in limestones with Rhynchonella decorata.
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Les Minières de Luzy
Cavity located in the centre of a group of dolines forming former iron-ore workings, with ore trapped in a palaeokarst, in limestones with Rhynchonella decorata.
Luzy-sur-Marne
Depth: 5 m
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Cavity located in the centre of a group of dolines forming former iron-ore workings, with ore trapped in a palaeokarst, in limestones with Rhynchonella decorata.
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Observations: in the centre of a group of dolines constituting former workings that exploited iron ore trapped in a palaeokarst.
Geology: limestones with Rhynchonella decorata.
Bibliography: Thiéry (1911c), Aymonin and Balliot (1931), Louvrier (1957a), Fraiche (unpublished).
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=52297001
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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/89183 · 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/89183 · data as of 2026