Jefferson City Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 2000
name: label: Collector
content: Don Dickson
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1663 (Jefferson City Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Provenience includes bedrock. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, surrounding matrix, and modern flint-knappers' work.
label: Notes
content: L-1663 (Jefferson City Chert):These Jefferson City Formation, Ordovician System Chert samples are exceedingly fine grained, nearly vitreous.
label: Notes
content: Jefferson City Chert, also known as Bolivar, Cotter, Mozarkite, or Swan Creek, is a chert that is dark gray, light gray, blue gray, or mottled or banded with white. It is slightly oolithic. Deposits include Hillside Residuum, oblong nodules, or found in small boulders, streambeds, hills, or slopes.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Ordovician, Series- Lower Ordovician, Form- Jefferson City Dolomite
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Vicinity of Jefferson City, Missouri; Lower Pomme de Terre Valley
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Probably not quarries because samples were easily obtained on the surface or just below.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 9
place: label: Place
content: Cedar County, Missouri, 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: A598632-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone