Elco Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 20 Sep 1988
name: label: Collector
content: Frank Cowan
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-125 (Elco Chert): Provenience includes float/residuum; Collection is not from an archaeological context; Known collection procedure; Collection includes raw material, outer surface, modern flint knappers' work, and naturally weathered specimens
label: Notes
content: L-125 (Elco Chert): Found on the first road west, north of Mill Creek. See notes/comments section of inventory sheet for ma.
label: Notes
content: Elco Chert, also known as Dover, is a light gray or white chert. It can be locally discolored by iron stains or have intermittent wavy black stripes. It becomes light brown when weathered. It has a gritty texture and may have fossiliferous inclusions. Gravel deposits of pebbles up to 6", and slabs up to 5". SEE ALSO: DOVER
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Mississippian, Member- Fort Payne
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: In the SW1/4 NE1/4 NE1/4 sec. 7, T.14S., R 1 W., about 1.25 miles northeast of Elco (Illinois) is a deposit of chert gravel, known locally as "Elco" gravel. It consists of angular chert gravel including slabs up to 5 feet long
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
place: label: Place
content: Union County, Illinois, 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: A598305-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone