Leray (AKA Chaumont) Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 7 Mar 2000
name: label: Collector
content: Randy Amici
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1651 (Leray Chert): Collection from archaeological context. Collection inlcudes raw material and archaeological specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1651 (Leray Chert): Biface preform, third stage, Proximal section. Leray is the member. Chaumont is the formation.
label: Notes
content: Leray Chert, also known as Black River, Chaumont, or Watertown, is a dark gray (N3) chert. It is occasionally brownish gray (5YR 4/11), dull black, or shiny black. Some chert beds present, when weathered, a peculiarly fucoidal surface through intricate intermixing of the limestone with earthy films, and others are distinctly cross-stained. It also tends to be dull in color when weathered. It has white spots/slivers that may be fossil shells. It has a chunky, smooth texture and is opaque. Deposits include nodules of chert that are generally flattened parallel to the plane of bedding.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Ordovician, Series- Middle Ordovician, Stage- Mohawkian, Group- Black River, Form- Chaumont, Member- Leray
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Klock's Quarry, Watertown: Quarry 1 1/2 miles south of Sanford Corners; stream bank 2 1/2 miles northeast of Sanford Corners, Jefferson County, NY; General Crushed Stone Quarry immediately north of Highway 3, Rt.283 (Pearl Road), Pamelia Township near Watertown, NW/4 South Rutland quadrangle; exposures along the bank and in the bed of Black River, immediately below the dam at Glen Park, NW/4 Watertown quadrangle.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Few artifacts of Chaumont chert have been recovered from Jefferson County sites (JDH)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Watertown, Jefferson 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: A598891-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone