Lithic Type Specimen: OJCU-1 (Ordovician Jefferson City-Cotter Undifferentiated, Variety 1)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Aug 2012
label: Collection Date
content: 1970 to 1990
name: label: Collector
content: Don R. Dickson
label: Donor Name
content: Don R. Dickson
notes: label: Notes
content: OJCU-1 (Ordovician Jefferson City-Cotter Undifferentiated, Variety 1). This variety is widespread throughout north central Arkansas and central Missouri. It is a variety which could be confused with Gasconade. This is a light colored mottled to slightly streaked dolomite. Colors range from cream and very light tan to light gray and blue-gray. The stone is dense and fine grained, sometimes having a waxy luster. Very few crystal-filled vugs are visible at 10 X. Healed fractures are common. Workability ranges from fair to good.
label: Notes
content: JEFFERSON CITY. The Jefferson City formation is found on the surface throughout the southern half of Missouri, except in the extreme southeast and in the western counties (except McDonald & Barry, where limited amounts occurr). Over much of this area the Jefferson City and Cotter are not differentiated because the lithiologies are similar and often thin. In many cases the mottled and irregularly banded Jefferson City dolomite cannot be separated from from similarly marked Cotter. A careful microscopic examination reveals few distinguishing differences, so these are best left undifferentiated. The following two varieties seem to be clearly associated with the Jefferson City formation.
label: Notes
content: Jefferson City-Cotter
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Jun 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Arkansas (not certain) / Missouri (not certain), 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: 2060436
label: USNM Number
content: A587205-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone