Crystal Cave, Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Crystal Cave | Cave |
| Cochise County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 53' 6'' North , 109° 13' 5'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Rodeo | 101 (2015) | 18.4km |
| Cotton City | 388 (2011) | 39.2km |
| Animas | 237 (2011) | 39.4km |
| Sunizona | 281 (2011) | 41.1km |
| San Simon | 165 (2011) | 42.6km |
An extensive cave system on US Forest Service land a ways above Cave Creek and gated. The cave system has many passages going deep underground and the bottom of the cave has never been reached. Most of the cave is in limestone but there are numerous rooms that are quartz lined where most other rooms have calcite formations. Some of the passages go through limestone where fossils can be seen in the walls.
Access to the cave can be done with permits from the US Forest Service, where a key is given to enter the cave. The many diverging passages are confusing and it is suggested string is used as one explores the cave and retrieves this when leaving. This cave is for expreienced cavers only since many places are extremely difficult to traverse.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Description: Occurs as crystal aggregates. |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
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Crystal Cave in the Chiricahua Mountains by Rolf LuetckeOther Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Mexico
- Sierra Madre OccidentalMountain Range
North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
- Pedregosa BasinBasin
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
USA
- Arizona
- Cochise County
- Chiricahua MountainsMountain Range
- Cochise County
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Crystal Cave, Cochise County, Arizona, USA