Baldy Peak Cave

Baldy Peak Cave UTEP 94

NM: LUNA CO.: 0.5 MI SE TOP BALDY PEAK, FLORIDA MTS., E EDGE SE 1/4 SEC 36, T25S, R8W, 6400 FT. 1950 M.

General Description.—Small, mostly vertical opening into limestone. Has been mined, with a spoil pile near the entrance. Fossils from the spoil and from thin fill left along the bottom of the vertical crevice.

Age.—Presumed to be Rancholabrean.

Publication.—Harris 1985.

Fauna.—

• Marmota flaviventris
• ? Tamias cinereicollis
• Thomomys bottae
• Cf. Neotoma albigula
• Neotoma cinerea
• Neotoma mexicana
• ? Microtus montanus
• Ondatra
• Bassariscus astutus
• Mephitis mephitis
• Notiosorex crawfordi
• Sorex monticolus
• Odocoileus

Last Update: 15 May 1998.