Tosawihi Chert
AKA: Toshawee Chert, Tosiwhu Chert, Ivanhoe Chert
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color:
Tosawihi Chert is white.
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Distribution Comments:
Tosawihi Chert is associated with the Tosawihi Member of an unknown
formation of the Santa Renia Mountains of Nevada. In the Santa
Renia Mountains three primary chert producing formations occur.
The Woodruff Formation which produces a black to brown chert and a white
to pale green porcelanite, the Vinni Formation which very pale green to
gray or tan chert, and the Carlin Sequence which produces chert ranging
from green, gray, tan, and white. The Toswihi Member may be a
member of the Vinni or Carlin formations, or the equivalent of Woodruff
Porcelanite.
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