Maynes Creek Fossiliferous Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Nov 1993
name: label: Collector
content: Toby Morrow
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-228 (Maynes Creek Fossiliferous Chert): Unknown collection procedure. Collection includes raw material and naturally weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-228 (Maynes Creek Fossiliferous Chert)
label: Notes
content: Maynes Creek Fossiliferous, also known as Maynes Creek, is a light gray, very light gray or cream chert. It becomes light gray, very light gray, light brownish gray, pinkish gray, moderate orange pink, or grayish orange pink when heat-treated. Inclusions include brachiopods and crinoid fragments, occasional bryozoans. The texture can be coarse, medium coarse, or medium. Opaque to translucent at 2mm thickness. Medium to fine and dull, waxy heated. Deposits include nodules 5 to 20 cm thick.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Lower Mississippian separate form, Series- Kinderhookian, Form- Hampton, Member- Maynes Creek Dolomite
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Outcrop in northwest Grundy and southwest Butler counties, also western Tama and eastern Marshall counties, Iowa.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
place: label: Place
content: Tama County, Iowa, 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: A598421-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone