Hardin County, Kentucky, United States, North America
Accession Date:
29 Dec 2016
Collection Date:
3 Mar 1997
Notes:
L-1339 (Ste. Genevieve Chert): Collection includes raw material, outer surface, surrounding matrix, and naturally-weathered specimens.
L-1339 (Ste. Genevieve Chert):
STE. Genevieve is also known as Airport, Boyle, Camden, Cedar Valley, Cochrane, Coffee, Creek, Falls, Fredonia, Kentucky Blue, Marble Hill, Mammoth Cave, Munfordville, Root Beer, Root River, Scipio, Solon, Sonora. It has a light brown to dark red, light gray to dark blue chert. It has a smooth texture. Deposits include nodular and bedded: 5-15 cm thick. SEE ALSO: AIRPORT, BOYLE, CAMDEN, COCHRANE, CEDAR VALLEY.
Geology remarks: Epoch- Mississippian, Form- St. Genevieve Limestone
Location remarks: Outcrops approx. 2 km west of Columbia, Monroe Co., Indiana; Illinois
Archaeology remarks: Kimmswick Clovis site, 32 km south of St. Louis in Jefferson Co., MO
