Cordell Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Not given
name: label: Collector
content: Sean Dunham
label: Collector
content: Mary Jeakle
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1653 (Cordell Chert): Provenience includes modern quarry. Not a collection from archaeological context. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and surrounding matrix.
label: Notes
content: L-1653 (Cordell Chert):
label: Notes
content: Cordell Chert is a a dark chocolate, pale bluish gray, chocolate, white, or blue chert. It has inclusions of an angular brecchiated variety. It has a coarse to glossy texture. Deposits include chocolate pebbles (about 60 feet above the shoreline) and blue and chocolate chunks (on the beach and in the water) - all on the south side of Drummond Island. Deposits also include white tabular pieces beneath the soil atop the modern, abandoned quarry wall on the south side.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Silurian, Series- Middle Silurian, Stage- Niagara, Group- Manistique, Form- Cordell Dolomite
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Scott's Quarry, East of Manistique, Route 2, Michigan; Drummond Island, Chippewa County, Michigan, in Lake Huron
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Sep 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Scott's Quarry, Chippewa County, Michigan, 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: A598580-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone