South Everson Chert










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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  South Everson Chert is mottled or a breccia and ranges in from most commonly a red to a yellowish red or yellow and yellowish brown to brown.  Rarely white, gray, and black do occur.

Texture:  Fine grain

Luster: Vitreous

Translucency: Opaque

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
South Everson Chert has primary outcroppings at the South Everson Creek Site in the headwaters of the Beaverhead River southwest of Dillion Montana.  Has been reported into Alberta.  This is considered an exotic material.
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