Mercer Caverns
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Mercer Caverns
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Mercer Caverns is a show cave located one mile north of Murphys in Calaveras County California. It is named after the gold prospector Walter J. Mercer who discovered the caves around 1885 and filed a claim. The caverns have a large number of speleothems, stalactites, and stalagmites. It is formed in a marble unit known as the Calaveras Formation. It also contains a large display of aragonite frostwork. The standard tour of the cave descends 160 feet, 208 steps down and 232 up in a traverse betwe
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Cave in United States of America
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Caverns
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2022-08-01T21:09:30Z
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