Weir Chert
AKA: Armstrong Brook Chert












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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color: Weir Formation has chert, jasper, and quartz all occuring.

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Weir Chert is associated with the Weir Formation of New Brunswick.  Primary exposures occur in the Chaleur Bay synclinorium of the southern Gaspe Peninsula and in northern New Brunswick and into Quebec.  Formation was previously named the Armstrong Brook Formation which has been abandoned.
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