Town of Florida, Orange County, New York, United States, North America
Accession Date:
29 Dec 2016
Collection Date:
23 Mar 1995
Notes:
L-1153 (Beaver Run Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Provenience includes prehistoric quarry. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
L-1153 (Beaver Run Chert)
Beaver Run Chert, also known as Beaver Dam or Epler, is a dull, opaque, black to translucent gray chert. When weathered it becomes gray. It may have inclusions of shell fragments - mostly gastropods, sponge spicules, worm burrows, or evaporite casts - and microcrystalline visible in vugs and pockets. It has a smooth to glossy texture. Deposits include large masses, 3-4 feet thick, occasionally appearing as convex upward pods.
Location remarks: Sclezinski property, Houston Road and Pulaski Highway, Goshen Township, Orange County, New York; Lower Road Quarry, Unionville, Wawayanda Township, Orange County, New York; near Edenville, Warwick Township, Orange County, New York; other parts of southeastern NJ, and northeastern PA; Mount Lookout, Orange County, New York.
Archaeology remarks: Prehistoric quarry and workshop, Unionville, Orange County, New York
