Lower Mercer Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 7 Aug 1998
name: label: Collector
content: Jack Holland
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1306 (Lower Mercer Chert): Provenience includes bedrock and roadcut. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, archaeological specimens, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1306 (Lower Mercer Chert):
label: Notes
content: Lower Mercer Chert is a gray chert with stringers of glossy black or black (2.5/N) chert. When weathered it becomes dark gray. It is fossiliferous with brachiopods and fusilinid foraminifers. Black variety is very smooth and gloosy. Gray variety is gritty and coarse. Deposits include large blocks of limestone with chert layers in roadside cuts. Also, black chert variety in grayish limestone.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Pennsylvanian, Form-Pottsville, Member- Lower Mercer
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Locust Grove Road roadcut, Jackson Township, Vinton County, Ohio; In a ravine east of the road in the NW 1/4 of Section 22, Newcastle Township, Coshocton County, Ohio; Section 20, Jackson Township, Vinton Countym Ohio.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 7
place: label: Place
content: Jackson Township, Ohio, 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: A599102-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone