Saint-Marcel Cave, Bidon, Privas, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Francei
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Saint-Marcel Cave | Cave |
| Bidon | Commune |
| Privas | Arrondissement |
| Ardèche | Department |
| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Region |
| France | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 19' 37'' North , 4° 32' 30'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Aiguèze | 222 (2016) | 2.9km |
| Laval-Saint-Roman | 217 (2016) | 4.2km |
| Bidon | 118 (2016) | 4.3km |
| Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas | 1,206 (2016) | 4.7km |
| Le Garn | 240 (2016) | 6.0km |
Mindat Locality ID:
312735
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:312735:6
GUID (UUID V4):
20f12819-9697-45f3-8350-f73feaf860ce
Other Languages:
French:
Grotte de Saint-Marcel, Bidon, Privas, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
The cave opens on the left bank of the scenic ~200 m-deep Ardèche Canyon that cuts through a Cretaceous limestone plateau. The cave is 57 km long, including 18 km of underwater passages, has a total relief of 238 m (-101/+137), and consists mainly of large horizontal passages disposed in levels. The cave has drained the plateau and sinkholes along the Ardèche Gorge since Miocene times. The cave was used since Middle Paleolithic; today part of the cave is opened for tourism.
A colony of about 1,000 individuals of Rhinolophus euryale was present in the 1950s. In the Galerie des Chauves-souris (“Bats Passage”),
guano on the surface yielded a 14C age of 1916 BC. The guano accumulations
(maximum thickness of 50 cm) extend along this passage, covering a surface of ~15 m2. It occurs as black sticky material, poorly layered, resting on older clay deposits.
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| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
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