Collector:

Jack Holland  Search this

Donor Name:

Estate Of John D. Holland  Search this

Object Type:

Stone

Place:

Beaver Valley, Ontario, Canada, North America

Accession Date:

29 Dec 2016

Collection Date:

May 1990

Notes:

S-1808 (Collingwood Chert): Unknown collection procedure. Collection includes raw material.

S-1808 (Collingwood Chert): Fossil Hill Formation; Middle Silurian

Collingwood Chert is also known as Fossil Hill, Grey County, Amabel, Bruce, or Manitoulin. It is white, bluish white, gray, or commonly speckled "salt and pepper" by black iron or manganese oxides and clear quartz crystals. When weathered it is patinated white, sometimes stained buff or shades of yellow or red. It has brachiopods, silicified and colonial corals, bryozoans, and echinoderm inclusions. It has a medium to very fine texture. Deposits are interbedded with host dolomite beds.

Geology remarks: Epoch- Silurian, Series- Middle Silurian, Form- Fossil Hill

Location remarks: Grey County, Ontario, Canada

Archaeology remarks: Parkhill and Thedford Paleo-Indian sites in Ontario, Canada; Vdora site, 1982, and Fisher site, 1983, by Peter Storck.

Record Last Modified:

22 Nov 2019

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Accession Number:

2071475

USNM Number:

A599222-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/304c277ae-0a4f-42dd-a37c-a7b1c947992d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_12616815