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Helictite Cave was discovered by excavating a small sinkhole above the northeast side of the Water Sinks Depression. There are three main sections: an entrance area maze, the Streamway which is a fragment of master trunk passage, and the updip maze. The cave is formed in the Licking Creek Limestone so there are many chert beds which influence passage morphology. A fault passes through the cave revealed by slickenside surfaces. The cave gets its name from the exceptional displays of helictites found in the entrance area. The cave contains 7.3 miles of surveyed passage and is apparently related to the Emory Spring drainage system.
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Lucas, P.C. (2015). Helictite Cave. In: White, W. (eds) The Caves of Burnsville Cove, Virginia. Cave and Karst Systems of the World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14391-0_12
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