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Snowy River calcite chemistry
The Fort Stanton-Snowy River cave system (FSC) is located in Lincoln County, New Mexico in the upper Rio Hondo Basin. The entrance of the cave is on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land near the site of historic Fort Stanton. . In 2001, the Snowy River Formation was discovered. This formation, a white calcite deposit that lines a streambed within the cave, is now considered to be the longest cave formation in the world. These data represent the chemistry of the Snowy River calcite deposit. Data represent 9 sub-samples of a calcite core. The calcite chemistry will aid investigators in understanding the source of the water that deposits the Snowy River Formation. The photo included on this page shows the calcite core that was sub-sampled in locations 1 through 9.
| Author(s) |
Johanna M Blake  ,
Christina L Ferguson ,
Keely E Miltenberger
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| Publication Date | 2020-06-16 |
| Beginning Date of Data | 2008-05-01 |
| Ending Date of Data | 2008-05-01 |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5066/P955GWO5 |
| Citation | Blake, J.M., Ferguson, C.L., and Miltenberger, K.E., 2020, Snowy River calcite chemistry: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P955GWO5. |
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| Metadata Date | 2020-08-25 |
| Related Publication | There was no related primary publication associated with this data release. |
| Citations of these data | No citations of these data are known at this time. |
| Access | public |
| License | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
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