Mine de fer des Vernets
An entrance that splits into two exploration galleries, partially flooded up to the knees, which were used in the search for iron ore.
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Mine de fer des Vernets
An entrance that splits into two exploration galleries, partially flooded up to the knees, which were used in the search for iron ore.
Vaulnaveys-le-Bas
Length: 120 m
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An entrance that splits into two exploration galleries, partially flooded up to the knees, which were used in the search for iron ore.
Description
Morphology
The entrance, after about ten metres, splits into two exploration galleries; the right-hand one continues for about a hundred metres, the left-hand one for about twenty metres.
Hydrology
The gallery is partially flooded up to the knees.
History
These galleries served as exploration galleries for iron ore.
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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/26738 · 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 Stephane Revel (Description générale) · 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/26738 · data as of 2026