Indian River Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 8 Nov 1996
name: label: Collector
content: J. D. Holland
label: Collector
content: Jarvis
label: Collector
content: Adrian Burke
label: Collector
content: Kugelmacher
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1316 (Indian River Chert): Direct collection from outcrpo. Provenience includes bedrock and roadcut. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1316 (Indian River Chert): Indian River Formation; Chazyan; Middle Ordovician; Delorme map no. 89-D7, 1988; Dunbar Road.
label: Notes
content: Indian River Chert, also known as Mount Hamilton or Normanskill, is a cherty shale, chert, or red and light green chert. When raw it is green and red, brown and red or red and light green in color. When weathered it becomes light gray. The texture is smooth, schisty, greasy, or opaque. Deposits include rare red and light green chert beds, nodular in places or shale beds.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Ordovician, Series- Lower Ordovician, Group- Mount Hamilton/Normanskill, Form- Mount Hamilton/Indian River, Member- Indian River
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Road cut near North Pawlet, Rutland Co., VT; NY; Whitehall Township, Washington County, NY; Greene County, NY
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Whitehall Township, Washington County, New York, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2071475
label: USNM Number
content: A598965-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone