Minnekahta Chert












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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Minnekahta Chert is a medium brown with a red mesh of hematite and limonite and round quartz inclusions.

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Translucency

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Minnekahta Chert is associated with the Minnekahta Limestone Formation of the Black Hills of eastern Wyoming, western South Dakota, and northwestern Nebraska.  Primary outcroppings occur at Minnekahta Springs, Fall River County, South Dakota.
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