St. Louis Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 15 Feb 2000
name: label: Collector
content: Jack Holland
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1621 (St. Louis Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Provenience includes bedrock and prehistoric quarry. Collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, surrounding matrix, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1621 (St. Louis Chert): Hillside outcrop quarry-workshop. Nodular chert protruding from limestone exposures about 100 feet above Low Branch Creek, about 0.25 miles from the confluence of Indian Creek and Low Brnach. Outcrpoping is purported to be the eastern most of the St. Louis Formation.
label: Notes
content: St. Louis Chert, also known as Ball Chert, Estill, Estill County, St. Louis Green, Kentucky Blue or Wind Cave, is a green, black, or blue chert. When weathered it becomes tan or light gray. It has a smooth to glossy texture. Deposits include nodular.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Mississippian, Stage- Meramecian, Form- Newman, Member- St. Louis.
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Near Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, VA.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: All prehistoric cultural periods.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 12
place: label: Place
content: Cedar Bluff (near), Tazewell County, Virginia, 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: A599775-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone