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TitleSpeleothems in Lehman Cave
DescriptionLehman Cave, near the Nevada-Utah border, is not a large cave but it does have some spectacular formations (speleothems). Here we see a vareity of flowstone, columns and stalactites. Speleothems form over long times when calcite (and rarely other minerals) precipitate from dripping or flowing groundwater.
ChronostratigraphyCambrian
LithostratigraphyPole Canyon Limestone
Geologic provinceGreat Basin
LocationUSA ▹ Nevada ▹ White Pine. Near Ely. Great Basin National Park.
PhotographerDexter Perkins. 2001-05-22.
CollectionE15102199-10.
Key wordsLehman Cave
Tech details359 KB. Outcrop.
GeoDIL number527
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