Brier Creek Chert
AKA: Stoney Bluff Chert, Red Bluff Chert
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color:
Brier Creek Chert ranges in color from white to cream, tan, and gray
with mottling commonly present.
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Translucency:
Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Mollusks
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Brier Creek Chert has primary outcroppings along Brier Creek in eastern
Georgia. No formation given, but may be the same as
Chattahoochee Chert
(Chattahoochee Limestone Formation) which outcrops on the
Ocmulgee River near Brier Creek.
Outcrops at Red Bluff Quarry on the Savannah River Swamp in South
Carolina.
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