Mines Chert
AKA: Gatesburg Chert
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color: Mines
Chert is a medium gray with visible ooids present.
Texture: Medium grain
Luster: Dull to waxy
Translucency: Opaque
Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Oolitic and cryptozoon
stromatolites
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Distribution Comments:
Mines Chert is associated with the Mines Dolomite Member of the
Gatesburg Formation of
central Pennsylvania (Blair to Center counties). Primary
outcroppings occur on the north end of Long Ridge southeast of
Williamsburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania. Also occurs in Centre
and Huntingdon counties, Pennsylvania.
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