Washademoak Lake Chert
AKA: Belyeas Cove Chert
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color: Washademoak
Lake Chert is variegated with multiple colors occurring with shades of
red to an orangish red and bluish gray to gray being the predominate color. Jasper also occurs.
Texture:
Fine grain
Luster: Vitreous
Translucency:
Translucent
Silica Fabrics / Fossils:
Patina:
Heat Treatment:
Knapping:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Washademoak Lake Chert is associated with brecciated limestone in the
Cumberland Group of New Brunswick primarily occurring as lenses and
nodules in the lower St. Johns River Valley of New Brunswick. Also
has exposures in the
Belyeas Cove on Washademoak Lake in Queens County, New Brunswick. .
Projectile point made from this material:
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Archaeological Context:
Primarily used during the Woodland period in St.
John Valley. Also used in the Quoddy Region of Maine.
