Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Lowville Chert is associated with the Lowville Formation of the Black
River Group of New York, Vermont, Ontario, and Quebec. Primarily
occurs as irregular shaped scattered nodules with exposures occurring on
Lowville, Lewis County, New York, South Hero Island in northwestern
Vermont, and from Arnold Bay to Crown Point in northeastern New York.
In Quebec exposures occur from the Ottawa Embayment ton the southern
portion of the Quebec Basin. Formation previously called Birdseye
Formation.