Hixton Silicified Sandstone
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Jun 1985
name: label: Collector
content: J. D. Holland
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-801 (Hixton Silicified Sandstone): Direct collection from outcrop. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, surrounding matrix, modern flint-knappers' work, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-801 (Hixton Silicified Sandstone)
label: Notes
content: Hixton, also known as Hixton Orthoquartzite, is a quartzite or silicified sandstone. It is white, pink, light brown, honey, cream, tan, yellow, orange, lavender, maroon, or cinnamon in color. It has a chalcedonic to large grained, but smooth texture. Sugary in appearance and highly translucent. Deposits include boulders and veins of chalcedony-like material. Small chunks and flakes weathered from parent-rock.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Cambrian
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Silver Mound; Olsen campground, Jackson Co. Wisc. (East off I-96 near Alma Center); A small hillock of quartzite, the last remnant of a prominent local questa.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Fluted points of Hixton silicified sandstone found at the Chesrow mutlticomponent site near Kenosha, Wisconsin, some 280 miles from Silver Mound; Paquette Site located on the eastern end of Goose Lake approximately 8 miles southwest of the city of Marquette, Michigan and Lake Superior.; Silver Mound is not a mound site and there is no silver associated with the prehistoric quarry/workshop.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 18
place: label: Place
content: Jackson County, Wisconsin, 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: A599829-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone