Manitoba Lithic Material
Name | Natural | Non-heat treated points | Heat treated points | Color details | Primary found in: | Associated Formation / Member |
Abitibi Chert AKA: Lake of the Woods Chert |
Ranges in color white mottled with green, to a homogenous dark green | Southern Manitoba | South Kakagi Lake formation | |||
Bakers Narrows Chert | Two variations. The most common is a dark dense chert with wide irregular lighter colored banding. The second is a white limestone chert. | West central Manitoba | ||||
Calcite | ||||||
Cat Head Chert | Ranges from a pale yellowish gray to a slightly mottled yellowish gray, black when heat treated | South central Manitoba | Cat Head Member of the Red River Formation. | |||
Greenstone | ||||||
Hudson Bay Lowland Chert | Bluish gray to a light tan or pale yellow | Eastern Manitoba | Severen, Ekwan, and Stooping river formations | |||
Knife River Flint Knife River Chert, Knife River Chalcedony |
Ranges in color from a root beer, tea, coffee, or caramel brown | Southwestern Manitoba | Eocene Golden Valley Formation | |||
Lake of the Woods Chert | Ranges from a white mottled with green to a homogenous dark green to black color | Central to southern Manitoba | South Kakagi Lake Formation | |||
Lake of
the Woods Rhyolite |
Ranges in color from a greenish gray to less commonly a gray. Streaks of brown to orangish brown may be present. | Central to southern Manitoba | ||||
Red River Chert | Ranges from white to light gray or light brown and may vary from a solid color to mottled | Southern Manitoba | ||||
Selkirk Chert AKA: Dundee Chert |
Range in color from light gray to yellowish gray, dark gray, , black or brown. White to light gray bands or clouds are present | Southeastern Manitoba | Dundee Limestone Formation | |||
Souris Gravel Agate | Colors of clear to a waxy yellow, light blue with black inclusions, clear with red or white inclusions, black, and red and green moss agate. Banding may be present. | Souris Gravel Formation | ||||
Swan River Chert | Ranges from a creamy white to gray, pink to a rust, or pale yellow to deep orange, commonly has banding | Southern Manitoba | Souris River Formation, Point Wilks Member |