Fishpot Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 14 May 1995
name: label: Collector
content: J. D. Holland
label: Collector
content: Hugh Jarvis
label: Collector
content: Jeff Bursey
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1187 (Fishpot Chert): Not a direct collection from outcrop. Not a collection from archaeological context. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1187 (Fishpot Chert)
label: Notes
content: Fishpot Chert, also known as Monongahela, is a chert. It is most often light to dark brown and gray in color. Outcrop occurences are usually a rich dark brown and sometimes dark brownish gray to almost balck. Some material contains high quality bluish chalcedony, but most are characterized by a tan to brown limonite color. Often displays a fine, irregular banding of lighter chert and the presence of small, round inclusions of blue-gray chalcedony. When weathered it becomes light brown to dark brown or nearly gray. It may also have light colored banding when weathered. It has small specimens of fossil ostrocods, round in blue-gray chalcedony. It has medium grady, non-glossy texture. Deposits are nodular or fresh water nodular.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Pennsylvanian, Series- Upper Pennsylvanian, Group-Monongehela, Form- Fishpot Limestone, Member- Fishpot
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Smithfield Township and Mount Pleasant Township, Jefferson County, OH; Outcrops along Short Creek in Southern Jefferson County, Ohio, and along Short Creek, Ohio County, West Virginia; Fishpot Member exposed at the mouth of Fishpot Run in Southern Washington County, PA.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Bedway Site, Short Creek area, Jefferson County, Ohio; Archaic to Late Prehistoric.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 26
place: label: Place
content: Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, 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: A599103-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone