Hunterville Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Jun 1994
name: label: Collector
content: J. D. Holland
label: Collector
content: Hunter Lesser
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-791 (Hunterville Chert): Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-791 (Hunterville Chert)
label: Notes
content: Huntersville Chert, also known as Saltsville, is a gray sandy chert. When weathered it becomes oxidized and iron stained. It has a shaly, fissile, opaque texture. Deposits include blocks.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Devonian, Group- Onondaga, Form- Huntersville
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Exposed above the Ridgely (Oriskany) Sandstone Formation near the village of Huntersville, Pocahontas County, WV; Highway Dept. shale quarry, west side of Rt. 9 south of Frost, Pocahontas County, WV; Outcrops in Western Maryland; Deep core sampled in Western Maryland; An exposed outcrop at the Ambassadors for Christ campground at the eastern end of Camp Minnehaha, Minnehaha, Pocahontas County, WV.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 14
place: label: Place
content: Frost, Pocahontas County, West 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: A599809-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone