Lost River Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Not given
name: label: Collector
content: Darlene Applegate
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1708 (Lost River Chert): Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and surrounding matrix.
label: Notes
content: L-1708 (Lost River Chert)
label: Notes
content: Lost River Chert, also known as Cataract, is a white to blue gray, bluish-gray, or light brownish gray chert. It has abundant bryozoans and is oolitic in places. It has a medium grained to coarse texture. Deposits include large tabular blocks in limestone.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Mississippian, Series- Upper Mississippian, Form- Ste. Genevieve, Member- Lost Lake Chert Bed
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Well exposed in Wesley Chapel Gulf, also called Elrod Gulf, 1/2 mile (0.8km) south of Wesley Chapel Church near Orangeville, in Orange County, IN; Various locations in Kentucky and Tennessee
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Warren County, Kentucky, 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: A598491-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone