Muldragh/Knobs Chert (AKA Stanford/Floyd)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 17 May 1996
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Kennth B. Tankersley
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1209 (Muldraugh/Knobs Chert): Collection includes raw material, outer surface, surrounding matrix, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1209 (Muldraugh/Knobs Chert)
label: Notes
content: Muldraugh Chert is also known as Knobs, Floyds Knobs, and Stanford. It is a pale brown, red, brown, gray brown, or chalky white mottled chert. It has chalcedonic quartz filled cavities and a relatively low concentration of bryozoan and echinoderm fossils. It has a smooth texture.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Mississippian, Stage- Valmeyeran, Group- Sanders, Form- Muldraugh
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Exposed along the Knobstone Escarpment adjacent to the Ohio River in southeastern Harrison Co., Indiana; Kentucky also.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Bridgeport, Floyd County, Indiana, 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: A598343-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone