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LiDAR Mapping at Coronado Cave
August 27, 2012 | Arizona Geological Survey

“Coronado Cave is a limestone solution cave formed in the Paleozoic Naco Group limestone of southeastern Arizona. [...] Montezuma Caldera, in which Coronado National Memorial completely resides, produced collapse megabreccia with Paleozoic blocks up to 1 km in length, the block housing Coronado Cave is simply a roof pendant resting on top of the intruded Jurassic Huachuca Granite.” Quoted from Arizona Geology Magazine.


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