CAVES OF ARIZONA: AN INDEX TO THE TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS ON WHICH THEY ARE LOCATED*

by
Jack D. Mount


INTRODUCTION


Patrons of the Map Collection frequently seek cartographic information relevant to their studies of Arizona's caves. This series of short articles listing maps and references for Arizona's caves is provided to greater facilitate retrieval of the information.

The following index lists the U. S. Geological Survey 7 1/2 minute topographic map quadrangles on which Arizona's caves are located. The information was extracted from the U. S. Geological Survey's (U.S.G.S.) computerized Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) which lists all place names shown on the USGS topographic maps. A few more caves and their locations were gleaned from caving periodicals located in other departments of the University Library. The Arizona portion of the GNIS is found in the Map Collection as two different paper products: "The National Gazetteer of the United States of America--Arizona 1986", U. S. G. S. Professional Paper, no. 1200-AZ [QE75 P9 no.1200-AZ] [also in Main and Science Reference Collections]; and "Volume 5, Southwestern States", Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America [E154 O45 1991 v.5] [now in Main Reference Collection]. The Map Collection also has the entire GNIS database on CD-ROM as the Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America by SilverPlatter and searchable through the computer located by the Map Collection's reference desk [now at Main Reference Desk].

The caves are listed alphabetically in the index. Each cave's entry is followed by the county name and the 7 1/2 minute quadrangle name. The Map Collection has a complete set of these topographic maps [G4331s C2 1882 U6]. Also, the longitude/latitude coordinates are given for the caves that are shown on the maps.


INDEX

NAME COUNTY
TOPOGRAPHIC
QUADRANGLE 		COORDINATES
 
Agua Caliente Caves       Santa Cruz         Mt. Hopkins 314115N 1105731W
Allen Springs Cave Yavapai Cottonwood  
Apache Cave - variant, see Browns Cave
Arsenic Cave Graham Point of Pines West 331848N 1094920W
Barnes Tunnel Gila Inspiration 332909N 1105816W
Basalt Cave Coconino Kendrick Peak  
Bat Cave Greenlee Copperplate Gulch 330125N 1092443W
Bat Cave Mohave Bat Cave 360254N 1134806W
Bed Blanket Cave Mohave Heaton Knolls 363258N 1125606W
Bellemont Cave - variant, see Lava River Cave
Bells, Cave of the - see Cave of the Bells
Betatakin Cave Navajo Betatakin Ruin 364102N 1103206W
Black Cave Yavapai Governors Peak 335853N 1122027W
Black Jack Cave Greenlee Big Lue Mts. 330229N 1090624W
Black Gold Cave - variant, see Bat Cave (Mohave)
Branaman Cave Graham Branaman Spring 331953N 1101254W
Broken Flute Cave Apache Boiling Over Well  
Browns Cave Maricopa Horse Mesa Dam 333637N 1111907W
Buffalo Crack Coconino Roden Crater  
Carpenters Cave Graham Jackson Mtn. 325722N 1101131W
Carr Peak Cave Cochise Miller Peak  
Cathedral Caves Yavapai Cathedral Caves 350736N 1123454W
Cave of the Bells Santa Cruz Mt. Wrightson 314342N 1104604W
Cave of the Domes Coconino Cape Royal  
Cave, unnamed Coconino North Canyon Point 3634--N 11148--W
Cave, unnamed Gila Diamond Point 3418--N 11112--W
Cave, unnamed Gila Parallel Canyon  
Cave, unnamed Mohave Columbine Falls 3606--N 11356--W
Cave A Coconino North Canyon Point  
Cave B Coconino North Canyon Point  
Cave 1 Apache Boiling Over Well  
Cave 2 Apache Boiling Over Well  
Cave 3 Apache Kinusta Mesa  
Cave 4 Apache Kinusta Mesa  
Cave 6 Apache Kinusta Mesa  
Cave 7 Apache Boiling Over Well  
Cave 8 Apache Boiling Over Well  
Cave 9 Apache Boiling Over Well  
Caves, unnamed Gila Windy Hill 3338--N 11107--W
Caves, unnamed Yavapai Camp Verde 3432--N 11148--W
Cheyava Falls Cave Coconino Walhalla Plateau  
Coconino Caverns - variant, see Grand Canyon Caverns
Colossal Cave Pima Vail 320345N 1103755W
Columbine Cave Gila Parallel Canyon  
Coronado Cave Cochise Montezuma Pass  
Cosper Cave Greenlee Bear Mountain  
Crystal Cave Pinal Dudleyville 325342N 1104117W
Crystal Cave Cochise Portal 315306N 1091307W
Crystal Cave Greenlee Coronado Mtn. 331023N 1092249W
Dangling Flake Fissure Coconino Wupatki NE  
Deadman Cave Pima Campo Bonito  
Dinosaur Caverns - variant, see Grand Canyon Caverns
Dog-Leg Cave Gila Parallel Canyon  
Earth Crack Coconino Wupatke NE  
Earth Crack No. 2 Coconino Wupatke NE  
Earth Crack No. 3 Coconino Wupatke NE  
El Capitan Cave - variant, see Grantham Cave
Falls Cave Coconino North Canyon Point  
Fir Tree Alcove Apache Mummy Cave Ruins 361235N 1092146W
41-Club Cave Gila Parallel Canyon  
Four Mile Cave Cochise Apache Peak  
Geronimo Cave Navajo Corn Creek Plateau 334935N 1095211W
Government Cave - variant, see Lava River Cave
Grand Canyon Caverns Coconino Grand Canyon Caverns 353107N 1131305W
Grandad Cave Coconino Munds Park  
Grantham Cave Pinal Cutter  
Harris Cave Apache Whiting Knoll 341046N 1093724W
Horseshoe Mesa Caves Coconino Cape Royal 360152N 1115854W
House of Hands Navajo Mystery Valley 365401N 1100952W
House of Many Hands - variant, see House of Hands
Ibex Mountain - variant, see Ice Cave
Ice Cave Coconino Sunset Crater West 352148N 1113049W
Indian Cave Yavapai Cathedral Caves 350736N 1123454W
Jackass Cave Pinal Hot Tamale Peak 3308--N 11053--W
Jail Cave Greenlee Clifton 330318N 1091757W
James Mine Cave Cochise Miller Peak  
Kana-a Cave Coconino Sunset Crater East  
Kartchner Caverns Cochise McGrew Spring  
Lava River Cave Coconino Wing Mountain 352032N 1115007W
Malmquist Fissure Coconino Wupatki NE  
Massacre Cave Apache Mummy Cave Ruins 361418N 1092132W
Millers Cave Apache Lupton 352211N 1090247W
Montezuma Cave Pima Chiuli Shaik 314720N 1113750W
Montezuma Well Cave Yavapai Lake Montezuma  
Muav Caves Mohave Columbine Falls 360537N 1135459W
Mummy Cave Apache Mummy Cave Ruins 361350N 1092120W
Mummy House - variant, see Mummy Cave
Natural Cave Cochise Cinder Hill  
Natural Cave #2 Cochise Cinder Hill  
Natural Cave #3 Cochise Cinder Hill  
Nugget Cave - variant, see Peppersauce Cave
Obelisk Cave Apache Kinusta Mesa  
Onyx Cave Santa Cruz Mt. Wrightson 314303N 1104611W
Papago Springs Cave Santa Cruz Mt. Hughes  
Peppersauce Cave Pinal Campo Bonito 323133N 1104223W
Pine Flat Cave Graham Point of Pines East  
Pocket Cave Apache Boiling Over Well  
Pyeatt Cave Cochise Pyeatt Ranch 313307N 1102646W
Ram's Horn Cave Apache Boiling Over Well  
Rampart Cave Mohave Columbine Falls 360556N 1135557W
Rattlesnake Cave - variant, see Silverbell Cave
Redman Cave Gila Parallel Canyon 341114N 1104659W
Redwall Cavern Coconino Tatahatso Point 3629--N 11150--W
Roaring Springs Cave Coconino Bright Angel Point 361142N 1120206W
San Xavier Mine Cave Pima Twin Buttes  
Scout Cave Gila Payson North  
Scroll Cave Pinal Campo Bonito  
Shadow Cave Coconino Square Butte 363112N 1105747W
Silver Cave Santa Cruz Mt. Wrightson 313730N 1104733W
Silverbell Cave Pima Waterman Peak  
Skeleton Cave - variant, see Browns Cave
Skull Cave - variant, see Browns Cave
Skull Cave Maricopa Mormon Flat Dam 333507N 1112238W
Slate Lakes Cave Coconino Kendrick Peak 352731N 1114858W
Stanton's Cave Coconino North Canyon Point 3630--N 11152--W
Superior High School Cave       Pinal Superior  
Swallet Cave Yavapai Lake Montezuma  
Tapeats Cave Coconino Tapeats Amphitheater 362427N 1122545W
Thunder Cave Coconino Tapeats Amphitheater 362348N 1122728W
Tom Ketchum Cave Cochise Pedregosa Mountains West      
Toppys Cave Graham Bonita Spring 330209N 1093112W
Tule Tubs Cave Graham Point of Pines West  
Umbrella Cave Pinal Superior  
Ventana Cave Pima Ventana 322313N 1121403W
Villa Senor Cave Pima Sabino Canyon  
Wildcat Cave Coconino Dog Point 3623--N 11201--W
Winona Ice Cave Coconino Winona  

INDEX TO MAPS OF CAVES OF ARIZONA



INTRODUCTION

Patrons frequently ask for maps of individual caves, maps that show the subsurface configuration of caves. Actually, very few such maps are published as sheet maps and made available to libraries. Most published cave maps are found in caving, scientific and archaeological periodicals. This index lists the Arizona cave maps that are published in titles available in the University Library.

INDEX

Broken Flute Cave: Elizabeth A. Morris. "Basketmaker Caves in the Prayer Rock district, Northeastern Arizona". Anthropological Papers Univ. AZ, no.35, 1980, fig.5. [GN2 A7 Main & Spec. Coll.].

Cathedral Cave: Bob Buecher. "Cathedral and Indian Caves, Arizona". Arizona Caver, vol.5, no.4, 1969, p.68. [FS9791 A71C3 Spec. Coll. & GB601 A7 Sci.].

Cave 1: Elizabeth A. Morris. "Basketmaker Caves in the Prayer Rock District, Northeastern Arizona". Anthropological Papers Univ. AZ, no.35, 1980, fig.7. [GN2 A7 Main & Spec. Coll.].

Cave 2: Elizabeth A. Morris. "Basketmaker Caves in the Prayer Rock District, Northeastern Arizona". Anthropological Papers Univ. AZ, no.35, 1980, fig. 7. [GN2 A7 Main & Spec. Coll.].

Colossal Cave: Langford G. Brod. Geology and Speleogenesis of Colossal Cave, Pima County, Arizona. Tucson: Univ. Arizona, MS thesis, 1987, pls. 2-3. [E9791 1987 528 Map Coll.].

Colossal Cave: Spectacular Colossal Cave, Tucson, Arizona. Vail: Colossal Cave, [no date], inside page. [G4332 C7 196- S7 Map Coll.].

Compass Cave: Jerry Hassemer. "Compass Cave, Coconino County, Arizona." Cave Crawler's Gazette, vol.12, no.5, 1971, p.91. [FS9791 C378 Spec. Coll.].

Cosper Cave: Paul S. Martin, and others. "Caves of the Reserve Area". Fieldiana: Anthropology, vol.42, 1954, fig.9. [GN2 F4 Main].

Deadman Cave: Ron R. Bridgeman. "Deadman Cave". Arizona Caver, vol.1, no.1, 1964, p.8. [FS9791 A71C3 Spec. Coll. & GB601 A7 Sci.].

Diamond Cave: Jerry Hassemer. "Diamond Cave, Coconino County, Arizona". Cave Crawler's Gazette, vol.9, no.4, 1968, following p.36. [FS9791 C378 Spec. Coll.].

Dog-Leg Cave: Alan Williams. "Description of Dog-Leg Cave". Cave Crawler's Gazette, vol.9, no.5, 1968, p.54. [FS9791 C378 Spec. Coll.].

Dum Ditty Cave: Don Lancaster. "Dum Ditty Cave--." Cave Crawler's Gazette, vol.12, no.4, 1971, p.67. [FS9791 C378 spec. Coll.].

Dum Ditty Cave: Bill Peachey. "Dum Ditty Cave, Gila County, Arizona". The Desert Caver, vol.1, no.4, 1971, p.74. [FS9791 D451 Spec. Coll. & GB601 D4 Sci.].

Earth Crack No. 3: Jess Tyler. "Earth Crack No. 3". Arizona Caver, vol.2, no.2, 1965, p.24. [FS9791 A71C3 Spec. Coll. & GB601 A7 Sci.].

Falls Cave: Alan Williams. "Hydrological Observations in Falls Cave". Cave Crawler's Gazette, vol.10, no.1, 1969, p.5. [FS9791 C378 Spec. Coll.].

Grantham Cave: Don Lancaster & Bee Lancaster. "A Possible San Pedro Cochise Site". Cave Crawler's Gazette, vol.10, no.2, 1969, p.24. [FS9791 C378 Spec. Coll.].

Grantham Cave: Alan Williams. "Grantham Cave, Gila Co., Ariz." Cave Crawler's Gazette, vol.10, no.3, 1969, p.43. [FS9791 C378 Spec. Coll.].

Indian Cave: Bob Buecher. "Cathedral and Indian Caves, Arizona". Arizona Caver, vol.5, no.4, 1969, p.68. [FS9791 A71C3 Spec. Coll. & GB601 A7 Sci.].

Ivory Cave: Jerry Hassemer. "Ivory Cave". Cave Crawler's Gazette, vol.8, no.3, 1967, p.30. [FS9791 C378 Spec. Coll.].

Kana-a Cave: Gerald G. Forney. "Lava Tubes of the San Franciscan Volcanic Field, Arizona." Plateau, vol.44, no.1, 1971, p.7. [F806 P58 Main].

Kartchner Caverns: Charles G. Graf. "Kartchner Caverns State Park: A Geologic Showpiece". Arizona Geology, vol.20, no.1, Spring 1990, p.2. [TN24 A6F5 Sci.].

Lava River Cave: Charles F. Park. "Government Cave." Museum Notes of the Museum of Northern Arizona, vol.2, no.6, 1929, p.3. [F806 P58 Main].

Montezuma Well Cave: Arthur Lange. "Studies on the Origin of Montezuma Well and Cave, Arizona". Cave Studies, no.9, 1957, pl.1. [GB601 A1C3 Sci.].

Montezuma Well Cave: Ron R. Bridgeman. "Archaeological Cave Sites in Arizona". Arizona Caver, vol.3, no.1, 1966, p.5. [FS9791 A71C3 Spec. Coll. & GB601 A7 Sci.].

Obelisk Cave: Elizabeth A. Morris. "Basketmaker Caves in the Prayer Rock District, Northeastern Arizona". Anthropological Papers Univ. AZ, no.35, 1980, fig.9. [GN2 A7 Main & Spec. Coll.].

Outlaw Cave: Tom Strong. "Outlaw Cave, Arizona". Arizona Caver, vol.4, nos.5-6, 1967, p.41. [FS9791 A71C3 Spec. Coll. & GB601 A1C3 Sci.].

Papago Springs Cave: Morris K. Skinner. "The Fauna of Papago Springs Cave, Arizona". Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist., vol.80, no.6, 1942, fig.1. [QH1 A4 Sci.].

Peppersauce Cave: Edgar B. Heylmun. Guide to the Santa Catalina Mountains of Arizona. Tucson: Treasure Chest Publications, 1979, p.17. [C9791 S194H617g Spec. Coll.].

Peppersauce Cave: John Priser, "Operation Underground". Desert Magazine, vol.11, no.4, February 1948, p.7. [F786 D47 Main].

Pine Flat Cave: James C. Gifford. "Archaeological Explorations in Caves of the Point of Pines Region". Anthropological Papers Univ. AZ, no.36, figs.100-102, 106-107 & 138. [GN2 A7 Main & Spec. Coll.].

Pocket Cave: Elizabeth A. Morris. "Basketmaker Caves in the Prayer Rock district, Northeastern Arizona". Anthropological Papers Univ. AZ, no.35, 1980, fig.7. [GN2 A7 Main & Spec. Coll.].

Slate Lakes Cave: Gerald G. Forney. "Lava Tubes of the San Franciscan Volcanic Field, Arizona." Plateau, vol.44, no.1, 1971, p.7. [F806 P58 Main].

Stanton's Cave: Robert C. Euler, editor. The Archaeology, Geology, and Paleobiology of Stanton's Cave, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Grand Canyon: Grand Canyon Nat. Hist. Assoc., 1984, fig.2-2. [F788 A73 1984 Main & Spec. Coll.].

Tom Ketchum Cave: Jeffery F. Burton. "Hunters and the Hunted: The Prehistoric Art of Tom Letchum Cave". The Kiva, vol.53, no.4, Summer 1988, fig.2. [F786 K58 Main].

Tule Tubs Cave: James C. Gifford. "Archaeological Explorations in Caves of the Point of Pines Region". Anthropological Papers Univ. AZ, no.36, 1980, figs.82-83. [GN2 A7 Main & Spec. Coll.].

Wildcat Cave: Jerry Hassemer. "Wildcat Cave." Cave Crawler's Gazette, vol.10, no.5, 1969, p.55. [FS9791 C378 Spec. Coll.].

Woman Cave: Ron R. Bridgeman. "Scout Cave Area". Arizona Caver, vol.2, no.6, 1965, p.129. [FS9791 A71C3 Spec. Coll. & GB601 A7 Sci.].


BOOKS AND MAPS ABOUT CAVES AVAILABLE IN THE MAP COLLECTION


INTRODUCTION


The Map Collection has in its holdings only a few titles pertaining directly to caves--the following list shows the titles available. The University Library's Main Catalog should be consulted for titles available in other areas of the UofA Library.

BOOKS AND ATLASES


Paul Courbon, and others. Atlas of the Great Caves of the World. St. Louis: Cave Books, 1989, 369 p., maps. [GB601 A8813 1989].

John Middleton & Tony Waltham. The Underground Atlas. London: Robert Hale Ltd., 1986, 239 p., maps, ill. [GB601 M5 1986].

W. E. Davies & I. M. Morgan. Geology of Caves. Reston, VA: U. S. Geological Survey, 1980, 20 p., map, ill. [in Reference Manual].

SHEET MAPS


Langford G. Brod. Geology and Speleogensis of Colossal Cave, Pima County, Arizona. Tucson: Univ. Arizona, MS thesis, 1987, 3 sheets. Scales vary. [E9791 1987 528].

Spectacular Colossal Cave, Tucson, Arizona. Vail: Colossal Cave, [no date]. [scale not given]. [G4332 C7 196- S7 Map Coll.].


KARTCHNER CAVERNS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY


INTRODUCTION


Kartchner Caverns, located on the east slope of the Whetstone Mountains 10 miles southwest of Benson in Cochise County, Arizona, is Arizona's largest known cave and when opened will be one of its most spectacular attractions. The cave was discovered in 1974 by cave explorers Gary Tenen and Randy Tufts. To protect its exceptionally pristine condition they kept the find secret for the next 14 years. The State of Arizona purchased the land around the cave entrance from the J. A. Kartchner family and on April 27, 1988, created Kartchner Caverns State Park. Arizona State Parks anticipates opening the cave to the public sometime in 1996.

BIBLIOGRAPHY


1988. Melissa Rigg. "State to Develop Secret Cavern as Tourist Attraction". Arizona Daily Star, April 28, p. A1-A2, ill.

1988. "A Secret of Stewardship" Arizona Daily Star, May 1, p. C2.

1988. Lawrence W. Cheek. "The Secret of Kartchner Caverns". American West, vol. 25, no. 5, Oct., p. 38-41, ill. [ F591 A56 Main].

1988. Tom Turner. "Kartchner Cave Recognition Could be an Economic Find". Arizona Daily Star, Nov. 13, p. B1 & B4, ill, map.

1988. Tom Turner. "Spelunkers Followed Breeze from Below to Find Series of Caves, Discoverer Recalls". Arizona Daily Star, Nov. 13, p. B4, ill.

1989. Randy Tufts. "Kartchner Caverns: Arizona's Newest State Park". Arizona Highways, vol. 65, no. 3, March, p. 4-9, color ill. [F806 A71 Main].

1989. Susan R. Carson. "Final Caverns Transfer Completed". Arizona Daily Star, May 10, p. B1, map.

1989. Ernie Heltsley & Walt Nett. "Caverns Spur Rush of Land Deals". Arizona Daily Star, May 29, p. F9, map.

1989. Charles G. Graf. "A Preliminary Report on Hydrological Studies at Kartchner Caverns State Park". Arizona Hydrological Soc. 2nd Annual Symposium, Casa Grande, unpublished report.

1990. Anne McCord. "For Now, Only Bats Are Allowed In: Kartchner Caverns Undergoing Environment Study". Tucson Citizen, Jan. 2.

1990. Charles G. Graf. "Kartchner Caverns State Park: A Geologic Showpiece". Arizona Geology, vol. 20, no. 1, Spring, p. 2-5, maps, ill. [TN24 A6F5 Sci.].

1990. "Arizona's Cave Developers Learning From Others". Phoenix Gazette, May 23.

1992. Leo W. Banks. "Finding Buried Treasure". Sports Illustrated, vol. 76, no.21, June 1, p. 74-79, ill. [GV561 S733 Main].

[*Reprint of an article appearing in: Pimeria: Bulletin of the Map Collection, University of Arizona Library, vol. 23, nos. 4&5, September-December 1992, pages 1-8 [Z881.A7 U55 Main & Spec. Coll.]

[Note: Bat conservation specialists strongly suggest that caves not be visited while occupied by bats to prevent disturbing these endangered animals.]


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