Color:  Spring Hill Chert is strongly mottled and ranges from light to dark gray with dark speckles being present.

Texture:  Fine grain

Luster:

Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Fusulinids

Patina: Dusty yellow

Heat Treatment: 

Knapping: 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution Comments:

Spring Hill Chert is associated with the Spring Hill Limestone Member of the Plattsburg Limestone Formation, Lansing Group.  Primary outcroppings occur in Leavenworth County, Kansas and across the river in Platte County, Missouri, and in Wyandotte and Johnson counties, Kansas.