REVIEWED LOCATION

Carrière des Limites — Active Private Limestone Quarry Rockhounding Status & Field Guide

A mineralogically interesting active limestone quarry included specifically to prevent unsafe “famous locality = public collecting” assumptions. The UNESCO Geopark states that it is private property and entry is forbidden.

Protected / viewing statusVery high evidencecontext map precisionCurrent review cycle freshness
Important: Do not enter the quarry or seek specimens from operational areas.

What is here

Givetian–Frasnian carbonate quarry with vein minerals

Materials / interest: Limestone, Calcite, Dolomite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite

Collecting and access

No public quarry entry or specimen collecting. The Geopark states that this is private property and an active quarry with access forbidden.

No turn-by-turn navigation is supplied. The site can be understood from public routes/viewpoints without entering quarry property.

Detailed status
prohibited
Permission
Required
Permit
Not flagged
Fee
Not flagged
Guide
Not flagged
Booking
Not flagged
Surface collecting
no
Hammering
no
Digging
no

Safety

Active blasting, heavy machinery, high walls and rockfall hazards.

Review status

Access reviewed: 2026-09-13 · Sources reviewed: 2026-09-13 · Next scheduled review: 2027-09-13.

Recheck access, closures, permissions and current source instructions before field travel.

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