Mercer Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 19 Jul 2006
name: label: Collector
content: Brian Fritz
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: S-1881 (Mercer Chert): LS#290 (Fritz)
label: Notes
content: S-1881 (Mercer Chert) Stream channel of Log Run, about 200m SE of Forest Rd, FR-591, Zone 17, E0658932, N4587952
label: Notes
content: Mercer chert is also known as Upper Mercer (see HLC type sheet), Coshocton, Coshocton Black, Coshocton Blue-Black, Coshocton Gray, Nellie, Nellie Blue, Nellie Blue Flint, Nellie Black, Nellie Grey, Warsaw, Nellie Flint, Ohio Blue, and Sky Hill. It ranges in colors of blue, blue-black, shades of gray, mottled gray, and combinations of black and gray. It is medium to very fine, glossy in texture, with cryptocrystalline quartz, chalcedonic quartz filled cavities and fissures, and sponge spicules.
label: Notes
content: Geology: Epoch- Pennsylvanian, Group- Pottsville, Form- Allegheny, Member- Upper Mercer
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Coshocton, Lawrence, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Licking, Mahoning, Muskingum, Perry, Portage, Sciota, Stark, Summit, Trumbell, Tuscarawas, Vinton, Wayne counties, Ohio. Clark farm near the town of Nellie, Coshocton Co., OH.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Used throughout all cultural periods; Paleo Crossing site, Medina Co., OH; Meadowcroft
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Allegheny National Forest, Forest County, Pennsylvania, 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: A599445-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone