a. Lancaster Hole
b. Cornes Cavern, left side of central depression (when coming from Lancaster), about 30 metres away from The Minarets
c. Yellow and white angular crumbs and flakes
d. Angular rocks in a V-shaped breakdown passage
e. Pictures to follow
f. 367060,480790, 80 metres below surface
Spent carbide patches litter the cave, which makes searching quite tedious. Much fossil passage is subject to occasional extreme flooding which covers everything at lower altitudes in mud. Humid atmosphere which causes redissolving of calcite. Most of the passage has not been conserved, and there is heavy foot traffic in all locations. Very little chance of finding further deposits, though there may be a few high level breakdown chambers that have survived the onslaught.
Three Counties System
Moderators: David Gibson, Gina
Re: Three Counties System
a. Lancaster Hole
b. Bridge Hall, under boulder between entrance to Kath's Way and climb up to Colonnade Chamber
c. White decomposing, angular crumbs
d. Angular rocks and fluffy/bobbly mud in a large breakdown chamber
e. Pictures to follow
f. Hard to know if this is actually CCCs, since there are so many piles of dumped carbide and other debris within the cave. 366367,480704, 37 metres below surface
b. Bridge Hall, under boulder between entrance to Kath's Way and climb up to Colonnade Chamber
c. White decomposing, angular crumbs
d. Angular rocks and fluffy/bobbly mud in a large breakdown chamber
e. Pictures to follow
f. Hard to know if this is actually CCCs, since there are so many piles of dumped carbide and other debris within the cave. 366367,480704, 37 metres below surface
Re: Three Counties System
a. Lancaster Hole
b. Colonnade Chamber, base of left wall immediately before main colonnades
c. White decomposing, angular crumbs
d. Fluffy/bobbly mud in a phreatic passage
e. Pictures to follow
f. Hard to know if this is actually CCCs, since there are so many piles of dumped carbide and other debris within the cave, and it could easily be just decomposing gypsum. If this is CCCs, it is a very meagre deposit. 366321,480678, 30 metres below surface
b. Colonnade Chamber, base of left wall immediately before main colonnades
c. White decomposing, angular crumbs
d. Fluffy/bobbly mud in a phreatic passage
e. Pictures to follow
f. Hard to know if this is actually CCCs, since there are so many piles of dumped carbide and other debris within the cave, and it could easily be just decomposing gypsum. If this is CCCs, it is a very meagre deposit. 366321,480678, 30 metres below surface