Hughes River (AKA Brush Creek Chert)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 1985 to 1988
name: label: Collector
content: J. D. Holland
label: Collector
content: Betty Knop
label: Collector
content: C. D. Cox
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-793 (Hughes River Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure.
label: Notes
content: L-793 (Hughes River Chert)
label: Notes
content: Hughes River Chert, also known as Brush Creek (WV), Ritchie County, or Ritchie County Flint, is an olive, gray, tan, or brown chert. It can also be light olive, ivory, sometimes reddish or tan with occasional blue streaks. When weathered it becomes a dull reddish brown, tan, or medium brown. It is fossiliferous. It also has drusy quartz, quartz stringers, and dendritic pyrolusite inclusions. The texture is smooth or slightly coarse. Deposits include bedded or tabular.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Pennsylvanian, Group- Conemaugh, Form- Brush Creek, Member- Brush Creek/Brush Creek Limestone
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Ritchie, Wirt, & Woods counties, WV; Cisco, Ritchie Co., WV - approx. 19 miles east of I77 at Mineral Springs exit; Road cut on north side of Rt. 47
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Field across the Hughes River from the above source is littered with Hughes River Chert flakes.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 27
place: label: Place
content: Cisco, Ritchie County, West Virginia, 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: A599813-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone