Swarbrick Chert

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Color: Swarbrick Chert is gray (banded ?)

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Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Absent

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Swarbrick Chert is associated with the Swarbrick Limestone Formation of central Nevada. Primary outcroppings occur in the Swarbrick Prospect in the eastern Tybo district, Nevada.

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