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394 – Mines de Villeveyrac — Puits n° 2
Former mine site
Former bauxite mining territory at Villeveyrac, with flooded underground workings and an active open-cast concession operated by SODICAPEI.
410 – Ardoisières de Trélazé — Puits n° 25 des Fresnais
Isolated headframe
Surviving metal headframe of the puits N°25 des Fresnais at Trélazé, one of two similar chevalements remaining from the Fresnais ardoisière sector, closed as an underground operation in 2009.
411 – Ardoisières de Trélazé — Puits n° 26 des Fresnais
Isolated headframe
Surviving metal headframe of the puits N°26 des Fresnais at Trélazé, the twin to the adjacent puits N°25, both remaining as paired headframes from the former Fresnais ardoisière sector.
406 – Ardoisières de Trélazé — Puits n° 3 de Monthibert
Isolated headframe
Standing metal headframe of 1939 at the former Grands-Carreaux ardoisière of Trélazé, one of six surviving chevalements from France's last active slate mine, closed in 2014.
401 – Ardoisières de Misengrain — Puits n° 6
Museum site - headframe and associated buildings
Former slate extraction shaft of the Ardoisières de Misengrain at Noyant-la-Gravoyère, retaining its small metal headframe at a Mémorial ardoisier site open to visitors.
407 – Ardoisières de Trélazé — Puits n° 6 de l’Ermitage
Partial mine site - headframe and associated buildings
Complete surviving ensemble of the puits N°6 de l'Ermitage at Trélazé, with its 1932 metal headframe, steam extraction engine, changing rooms, and boiler house all intact.
402 – Ardoisières de Misengrain — Puits n° 7
Repurposed site - headframe and associated buildings
Former primary extraction shaft of the Ardoisières de Misengrain at Noyant-la-Gravoyère, retaining its metal headframe, winding engine house, and associated atelier buildings.
408 – Ardoisières de Trélazé — Puits n° 7 de Monthibert
Isolated headframe
Site of the former puits N°7 de Monthibert at Trélazé, the last operating shaft of France's last active ardoisière, closed in 2014 and subsequently levelled, with the metal headframe surviving.
409 – Ardoisières de Trélazé — Puits n° 8 bis de l’Ermitage
Partial mine site - headframe and associated buildings
Surviving Eiffel-built metal headframe of 1922 at the Hermitage ardoisière in Trélazé, with its Laboulais steam extraction engine, one of the last standing chevalements of France's final slate mine.
362 – Fosse n° 9 de l’Escarpelle
Isolated headframe
Former coalfield site at Roost-Warendin retaining the listed 1955 metal headframe of fosse no. 9, a UNESCO World Heritage component, standing above a converted industrial zone.