Uniontown Chert
AKA: Waynesburg Chert











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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Uniontown chert ranges from light to medium gray or yellowish brown with yellow streaks and  limonite staining.

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Luster:

Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Ostracods

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

Uniontown Chert is associated with the Uniontown Formation of the Monongahela Group.  Primary outcroppings are located in Ohio and Brooke counties, West Virginia, Jefferson County, Ohio. and into southwestern Pennsylvania.

 

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