Hixton Orthoquartzite (Silicified Sandstone)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Sep 1992
name: label: Collector
content: J. D. Holland
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-803 (Hixton Orthoquartzite (Silicified Sandstone)): Direct collection from outcrop. Not a collection from archaeolgoical context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-803 (Hixton Orthoquartzite (Silicified Sandstone))
label: Notes
content: Hixton Orthoquartzite, also known as Hixton Silicified Sandstone, Silver Mound Quartzite, Silver Hill, Alma Quartzite, or Hixton Quartzite, is a white, gray, brown, or red. It becomes dirty white when weathered. It has a grainy to very smooth texture. Deposits include hugh lenses, boulders, and detritus.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Cambrian, Series- Upper Cambrian
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Silver Mound, Alma, Jackson Co., WI
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Fluted points of Hixton silicified sandstone found at the Chesrow mutlticomponent site near Kenosha, Wisconsin, some 280 miles from Silver Mound; Paquette Site located on the eastern end of Goose Lake approximately 8 miles southwest of the city of Marquette, Michigan and Lake Superior.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 8
place: label: Place
content: Jackson County, Wisconsin, 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: A599827-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone