Quitaque Silicified Dolomite
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 5 May 1997
name: label: Collector
content: Woody Blackwell
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1472 (Quitaque Silicified Dolomite): Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1472 (Quitaque Silicified Dolomite):
label: Notes
content: (Information obtained from Tecovas Type Sheet) Tecovas Jasper is also known as Baker, Baker Flint, Quitaque, Quitique, or Tecovas. Tecovas can be a jasper, chert, or sandstone. It is dark brown to red in color. It becomes maroon, rose, reddish brown, or tones of red when heat-treated. It may have jasper-like particle inclusions. It has a sandy texture. Deposits include large blocks up to 1000 lbs.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: (Information obtained from Tecovas Type Sheet) Geology: Epoch- Triassic, Series- Upper Triassic, Group- Dockum, Form- Tecovas
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: (Information obtained from Tecovas Type Sheet) South Basin of the Canadian River, eastern Oldham County, Texas; Northeast New Mexico; Green & Kelley report an unknown "flint" 8 miles northeast of Silverton, Texas, where State Highway 256 crosses the Caprock escarpment in which there are lenses of dark red, white mottled, and banded flint.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: (Information obtained from Quintique Type Sheet)n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Briscoe County, Texas, 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: A599650-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone