Spotted Ridge Chert

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Color: Spotted Ridge Chert is a radiolarian chert with colors of black, green, and red.

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Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Permian radiolarian faunas

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Distribution Comments:
Spotted Ridge Chert is associated with the Spotted Ridge Formation of Oregon. Primary outcroppings occur on Coyote Butte (Three Buttes), and the southern Grindstone Terrance in Deschutes County, Oregon.

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