Warner Hill Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 10 Nov 1996
name: label: Collector
content: J. D. Holland
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1320 (Warner Hill Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Provenience includes bedrock and roadcut. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1320 (Warner Hill Chert)
label: Notes
content: Warner Hill Chert, also known as Finch, Fort Ann, Hoyt, Ticonderoga, or Whitehall, is a medium gray or blue gray to black chert. When weathered it becomes dirty white to white. It has inclusions of algal stromatolites, oolithic calcarenite, micrite, slab breccia, and trilobites (rarely). It has a smooth to very smooth, glossy texture. Deposits include nodular.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Cambrian, Series- Lower Ordovician/Upper Cambrian, Form- Whithall, Member- Warner Hill Limestone
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Type site: an abandoned quarry 1.5 miles northeast of Route 10 (Scotia Road), Whitehall Township, Washington County, NY
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
place: label: Place
content: Whitehall Township, Washington 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: A598963-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone