Flint Run Jasper
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 1992
name: label: Collector
content: Scott Silsby
label: Collector
content: C. D. Cox
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-757 (Flint Run Jasper): Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-757 (Flint Run Jasper)
label: Notes
content: Flint Run Jasper, also known as Front Royal Jasper, is a chert that is shades of brown and yellow that is sometimes banded. When heat-treated it becomes red. When weathered it becomes brown or black. It has quartz veins and crystal vug inclusions. It has a coarse to smooth texture. Deposits include large blocks.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Ordovician
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Residuum jasper may be fond along Flint Run and Greasy Run near Rt. 340, Warren County, VA, in the vicinity of the Front Royal Fault Line. See DeLorme 1989: 74-AB2.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Thunderbird, a Paleo-Indian site is located on west side of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River, Warren Co., VA; A museum, interpretation center, and a reconstructed Paleo-Indian dwelling is on the opposite side.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Warren County, 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: A599778-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone