Pumpkin Creek Chert









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Color:  Pumpkin Creek Chert is a bluish color.

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Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Fossiliferous

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Pumpkin Creek Chert is associated with the Pumpkin Creek Limestone Formation of south central Oklahoma.  This is a very fossiliferous formation with fossilized coral, shells, and sponges.  Exposures occur along Pumpkin Creek, Carter County, Oklahoma.
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