Mercer Caverns

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 between the natural and an artificial entrance. The cave was mapped in 1986 to a length of 3389 feet and a total depth of 192 feet. The map can be viewed on the cave's web site.

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Location: 38.1514, -120.478, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  California Caverns ⓘ
  cave in United States of America

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  Mercer Caverns ⓘ
  cave in United States of America

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  Moaning Cavern ⓘ
  solutional cave in the Calaveras County, California

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Mercer Caverns tour

Aragonite in Mercer Caverns

Aragonite in Mercer Caverns, Murphys

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	cave		California Caverns	show cave, cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Mercer Caverns	show cave, cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Moaning Cavern	show cave, cave	Wikidata
commons	image		California-Murphys-Mercer cave2		Commons
commons	image		California-Murphys-Mercer cave1		Commons
commons	image		California-Murphys-Mercer cave2		Commons
commons	image		California-Murphys-Mercer cave1		Commons
commons	image		Mercer Caverns tour		Commons
commons	image		Aragonite in Mercer Caverns		Commons
commons	image		Aragonite in Mercer Caverns, Murphys		Commons