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Miller Cave June 11, 2006 - 15:45-16:15 EST Team: RS Stewart, IC Conolley, J Pauel, M Taylor |
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District: Duanvale |
Parish: Trelawny |
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WGS84 L/L: 18 24 23.4; 77 36 23.3 |
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JAD69: 185808 E, 194809 N |
JAD2001: 685919 E, 695098 N |
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Altitude: 190m WGS84 |
Accuracy: +/- 10m horizontal; +/- 15m vertical |
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Type: Chamber cave |
Accessibility: Walk-in |
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Depth: 3m |
Length: 20m |
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Explorers: Unknown |
Survey: None |
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Entrance size: 3m W x 2m H |
Entrance aspect: 180 deg true |
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Vegetation in general locale: Farm |
Vegetation at entrance: Scrub |
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Rock type: White limestone |
Bedding: Poor |
Jointing: Poor |
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Speleothems: Stals, flowstone |
Palaeo resources: None |
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Archaeo resources: None seen |
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Hydrology: Minor rainy-season surface run-off |
Siltation: N/A |
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Dark zone: 50%. |
Climate: Warm, semi-humid. |
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Bats: <500 |
Bat guano: Some |
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Guano mining: Some |
Guano condition: Dry/compact |
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Eleutherodactylus cundalli: Some |
Neoditomyia farri: None |
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Amblypygids: None |
Periplaneta americana: Some |
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Cave crickets: None |
Sesarma: None |
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Other species: Rats. Minor roost for Artibeus jamaicensis (large fruit-bats). |
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Visitation: Occasional - local. |
Speleothem damage: None |
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Graffiti: Some |
Garbage: Some |
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Ownership: Private |
Protection: None |
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Vulnerability: Low |
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Miller Cave June 11, 2006 - 15:45-16:15 EST Notes: RS Stewart This was the last of the sites visited in aid of the Duanvale Community Tourism Association, and the only one that is a true cave. Although it is not large, it is made up of several chambers and has an area of dark-zone. The entrance is located some tens of metres from the base of a cell-phone tower, and easily accessed (a hike of perhaps 15 metres from where you can park). The entrance is at the bottom of a small collapse pit which we are pleased to note was not filled-in during construction of the cell-tower. A small amount of water flows into the entrance during heavy rains, but quickly soaks away into the soil on the floor of the cave (there was no evidence of past pooling). A small bat-roost is extant in the cave, which appears to consist entirely of the common fruit-bat, A. jamaicensis. American roaches, P. americana, are present as an invasive species, and a rat’s nest was observed. No trog macroinvertebrates were seen. The cave frog, E. cundalli, is using the area just inside the entrance. Graffiti is present in the cave but consists mostly of charcoal, so removal would be possible. Garbage is present, but a clean-up of this would not take very long (an hour or two). |
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