The quarry of the Société des Ocres de France is primarily a workplace. However, following many requests from tourists, the company - in partnership with the town hall of Gargas - organises visits ...
EXTRACTIONOchre is extracted from ore. It is found in fairly even horizontal layers of variable thicknesses, some of which can be as high as 35 meters. The ore in these layers is quite dense and it has to be broken ...