Big Fork Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 1999
name: label: Collector
content: Don Dickson
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1543 (Big Fork Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Provenience includes bedrock. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, modern flint-knappers' work, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1543 (Big Fork Chert):
label: Notes
content: Big Fork Chert, also known as Hartshorn, Kiamichi, Messer, Potato Hill, or Stringtown, is a tan, shades of gray, or gray banded chert. It can also be light to chocolate brown or black and green varieties on Kiamichi and Red River gravel bars. When weathered it becomes gray with iron oxide staining ot banded shades of gray. Deposits include gravel and bedded.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Ordovician, Form- Big Fork
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Kiamichi River and Red River gravel bars, southeastern Oklahoma; Hot Springs, AR, and Broken Bow Reservoir, McCurtain Co., Ok ; Ouchita Mts., southeast Oklahoma; Black Knob Ridge (brown), outcrops on Mountain Fork River, Potato Hill, Broken Bow Lake; Roadcut Highways 3 & 7, Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
place: label: Place
content: Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, 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: A598057-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone