Bois Blanc (AKA Port Colborne) Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Feb 2000
name: label: Collector
content: Jack Holland
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1583 (Bois Blanc Chert): Provenience includes roadcut. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, surrounding matrix, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1583 (Bois Blanc Chert): This normally blue-grey mottled Bois Blanc Chert has been stained green. A lense of Glauconite above the chert has percolated down to the chert below resulting in a startling variety of previously seen material. *See map in notes/comments section of inventory sheet*
label: Notes
content: Bois Blanc Chert, also known as Colborne and Haldimand, is a white to gray chert.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Devonian, Series- Lower Devonian, Form- Bois Blanc
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Rt. 58 road cut, 1.5 miles north of Rts. 3 & 58 intersection, Port Colborne ,Ontario.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada, 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: A599268-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone