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Aulenbach 1999 Kilpatrick's Cave Dade County, GA - GDD67 Surveyed 28 October, 1987 by: Carl Anderson John Stembel 133 Feet T.H.C. 39 Feet T.V.E Compass, Inclinometer, and Tape Survey Drafted by Carl Anderson Brent Aulenbach Nancy Aulenbach Jeff's Hole Dade County, GA - GDD400 Surveyed 7 September, 1997 by: 39 Feet Traverse 14 Feet T.V.E Estimated Compass and Tape Survey Rusty's Cave Dade County, GA - GDD70 Surveyed 21 January, 1990 - 12 May, 1990 by: Greg Eck Jeff Harris Kenneth Huffines 3685 Feet T.H.C. 296 Feet T.V.E Compass, Inclinometer, and Tape Survey Allen Padgett Karen Padgett Ed Strausser Drafted by Allen Padgett 1994 Detail added by Brent Aulenbach 1999 Glen Susskind Scott Keith Scott Laney Kelly Norwood Chuck O'Neil Andrew Porter Alan Reaid Dave Sewell Jessica Song Shirley Sotona Wayne Todd Jerry Walker Jerry Wallace Debbie Warner RICK'S FIND Air, dig HURRICANE SHOWER 18' Waterfall AIR CHUTE, Tight CARL'S DEMISE Near surface RICHARD'S SQUEEZE Formation blockage JIM'S SQUEEZE 11 5 12 10 8 8 BEAR PASSAGE DRY ROOM 3 3 12 14 13 9 9.5 7.5 11 6 30 0 50 100 150 200 250 Feet True North Selected Caves on a Portion of Fox Mountain, Georgia Drafted by Brent Aulenbach 1998 JEFF'S HOLE ENTRANCE HURRICANE CAVE ENTRANCE #2 KILPATRICK'S CAVE ENTRANCE NASTY HOLE ENTRANCE SUNBEAM EXIT 8' & 12' Climbdowns HURRICANE CAVE ENTRANCE #1 CULVERT ENTRANCE Entrance is through a round drainage culvert 160' long, 3' diameter Interstate 59 Dig TT TT GREEN SHALE JUNCTION ROOM Bathtub/belly crawl TT Dug open Air, possible dig TT 3' Deep bathtub 5' Waterfall Lil' Prairie Dog Hole Dade County, GA - GDD493 A. Davis K. Davis Jeff Harris Nasty Hole Dade County, GA - GDD68 Surveyed July 1979 by: 260 Feet T.H.C. 53 Feet T.V.E Compass and Tape and Clinometer Survey Drafted by Jeff Harris 1979 Waterfall & 11' climb handline required CHERT FALLS 9' Falls BIG N' STUFF ROOM BREAKDOWN ROOM Strong air TT Falls Tight 1 4.5 1.5 1 1 2 8 6 3 6 0.5 6 8 Passage walls Underlying passage walls Overlying passage walls Unsurveyed passage walls Bedrock pillar Vertical drop in floor (Hatches on lower side) Flowing water (arrow points downstream) Legend Slope in floor (Lines diverge downslope) Rimstone dams (points are downstream) THE KEYHOLE BAT'S BEDROOM FLATWORM ALLEY THE STRUGGLE Water below Chimney Continues small, no airflow 25 23 9 18 19 20 9 7 Formations Flowstone Register 5' Climbup 7 2.5 4 Chert ledge TT 20 8 11 KNEEMAN MARKUS PASSAGE 6 Lower passage TT 11 8' Climbdown handline required 21 3.5 20 19 42 7 Large sandstone boulders Lower level offset Tight tube Tight 9 10 3 8 8 8 13 4 4 8 12 7 9 7 8 3 4 2.5 2.5 2 7 9 4 8 D D' D D' 3 15 2 4 8 6.5 3 4 8 Square drainage culvert under interstate embankment 795 807 816 824 812 816 827 829 833 843 850 851 834 12 12 20 25 20 839 4 846 6 851 9.5 6.5 14 12 861 873 6 2 1.5 2 9 TT High lead TT 15 4.5 12 4 3.5 1.5 876 906 2.5 3 11 HOLLY'S SPRING Karst feature on surface, air 869 884 874 3 2 2 1 8 5 0.5 864 2 861 2.5 856 838 847 Tight 7 2.5 3 5 930 THE JUNCTION 935 939 955 958 952 954 968 980 996 1004 1004 1038 1061 1075 10 1077 1072 1067 1092 1124 1143 1098 4 1 1.5 18 1210 1226 1217 1184 Flowstone bell & 8' climbup 5 False floor 8' Climbdown TT Wet weather stream TT 1003 892 897 902 908 912 915 924 949 953 952 956 947 928 935 958 919 985 986 1048 1022 1010 1049 1041 1051 8' Climbdown 1092 5' Climbdown 998 1059 1078 925 24 Rimstone dams and pools 10 Dome Flowstone (bulges are downslope) Change in ceiling height (Hatches on lower side) By Brent T. Aulenbach, Allen Padgett, Jeff Harris, and Carl Anderson Passage height (in feet) Height of climb (in feet) Height of passage above datum (mean sea level in feet) Passage too small for large people Passage too tight 1075 8 Road or trail (approximate location) Surface stream Surface 20' contour lines TT 11 Cobbles Pool of water Chert floor Gravel LITTLE PRAIRIE DOG HOLE ENTRANCE DUCK HEAD ROOM 8' High haystack RAPUNZEL'S FALLS RAPUNZEL'S MUD CRAWL 5' Climbdown 5' & 4' Climbdowns 10 4 1.5 16 29 40 36 33 906 924 945 Lower level offset 1 4 1.5 2 4 5 5 8 DISHPAN ALLEY Passage dug out, passage continues 75' tight, air TT 8 0.5 5 2 1 3.5 8 Highest point in Rusty's Cave 965 959 TT Goes up into more breakdown Breakdown slope TT FOOTE'S FALLS 3' High waterfall DEATH TRAVERSE Passage continues tight ZIG-ZAG BEND 20 NEELD'S CLIMB 8' Climbup handline required ~ 30' Pit 20 Narrow ceiling joint or channel Sand or mud Stalactites and stalagmites Columns (small and large) Breakdown or large boulders Topographic overlay from Sulphur Springs, Alabama-Georgia 7.5-Minute Series Quadrangle. 1946. Photorevised 1972. U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Tennessee Valley Authority. Contour lines modified for emplacement of Interstate embankment. All survey data corrected to true north using GEOMAG software from the U.S. Geological Survey. 5 TT Air Air, TT TT 964 4.5 10 10 4 15 18 15' High domes 10' High dome 4' Falls 1154 3 2 1073 Highest point in Hurricane Cave Jeff's Hole overlies Hurricane Cave by 9' 4 THE DUG OUT 1 0.8 Stream, air 1 5 3 7.5 10 Pothole 2.5' deep 5 4' Cascade ZEBRA FALLS 4' Waterfall Flowstone squeezes HALL OF THE GIANT CRICKETS Air, roots TT TT 4 10 9 3 5.5 6 5 913 893 874 2' Falls TWIN DOMES Rusty's Cave overlies Hurricane Cave by 70' 1 10 10 15 15 1 8 4 15 5 10 8 1.5 1 25 6' Falls Upper level passage 4 Spring on surface 3 4 1.5 Falls Positive dye trace from Rusty's Cave to Holly's Spring and to Hurricane Cave via passage above Hurricane Shower April 1999 7 7 5 Magnetic North N2.9W Sept 1999 Surface 100' contour lines 22 Fox Mountain Cave Preserve 912 Donor Names updated 08/17/2012 by Kelsey Lane Donor Names updated 05/28/2009 by Kris H. Green Copyright Brent T. Aulenbach - October 1999 Copy by Permission Only I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Buy a Piece of a Fox Mountain Cave 50' Section of Cave for $50 Donation Includes a T-shirt and your name on your honorary section of cave Named Features: $150 for Small Features $250 for Medium Features $500 for Large Features Entrances: $2000 for Rusty's Cave and Hurricane Cave Culvert Entrances $1000 for Other Cave Entrances (Little Prarie Dog Hole, Nasty Cave, Kilpatrick's Cave, Jeff's Hole, Hurricane Cave Sunbeam Exit) All Donations are Fully Tax Deductible Mel Hadden Archie "Cajun" Oliver $250 $150 $150 Clayton County Cavers $150 Stephen R. 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