Whitehall 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-1321 (Whitehall Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Provenience includes bedrock and roadcut. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1321 (Whitehall Chert)
label: Notes
content: Whitehall Chert is also known as Finch, Fort Ann, Hoyt, Skene, Ticonderoga, or Warner Hill. It is dark blue, shades of blue balck, and gray balck in color. When weathered it becomes whitish. It has inclusions of calcareous matter. It has a smooth and glossy texture. It is found in great abundance in irregular masses, very erratic in occurance and very thick in places (3 to 4 feet).
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Cambrian, Series- Upper Cambrian, Form- Whitehall Dolomite, Member- Hoyt
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Hoyt Limestone outcrops at Lester Park, 5km (about 3 miles) west of Saratoga Springsl; Tichonderoga, NY; Essex and Clinton counties, NY, with best exposures in the vicinity of Fort Ann, NY, and at the type section near the village of Whitehall, NY; Snow collection near Ft. Ann.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 10
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: A598964-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone