Cow House Creek Chert
 Tampa Chert variation











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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Cow House Chert ranges from tans to browns with chalcedony filled vugs commonly occurring.

Texture: Course to fine grain

Luster:

Translucency:

Silica Fabrics / Fossils:  Abundant charophyte oogonia.

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Cow House Creek Chert is associated with the Tampa Limestone Member of the Arcadia Formation, Hawthorne Group.  Primary outcroppings are restricted to the Cow House Creek, Flint Creek, and Harney Flats in northeastern Hillsborough County, Florida.
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