Beaver Run Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 23 Mar 1995
name: label: Collector
content: J. D. Holland
label: Collector
content: Hugh Jarvis
label: Collector
content: Philip LaPorta
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1153 (Beaver Run Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Provenience includes prehistoric quarry. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1153 (Beaver Run Chert)
label: Notes
content: Beaver Run Chert, also known as Beaver Dam or Epler, is a dull, opaque, black to translucent gray chert. When weathered it becomes gray. It may have inclusions of shell fragments - mostly gastropods, sponge spicules, worm burrows, or evaporite casts - and microcrystalline visible in vugs and pockets. It has a smooth to glossy texture. Deposits include large masses, 3-4 feet thick, occasionally appearing as convex upward pods.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Ordovician, Series- Lower Ordovician, Form- Ontelaunee, Member- Beaver Run
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Sclezinski property, Houston Road and Pulaski Highway, Goshen Township, Orange County, New York; Lower Road Quarry, Unionville, Wawayanda Township, Orange County, New York; near Edenville, Warwick Township, Orange County, New York; other parts of southeastern NJ, and northeastern PA; Mount Lookout, Orange County, New York.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Prehistoric quarry and workshop, Unionville, Orange County, New York
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 17
place: label: Place
content: Town of Florida, Orange County, New York, 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: A598926-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone