Color:  Bonnechere Chert ranges from black to light grey with darker fine banding and quartz vugs.

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Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Fossiliferous

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Distribution Comments:

Bonnechere Chert is associated with the Hull Formation of the Ottawa Group.  Primary outcroppings are located along the Ottawa river and it's tributaries including the Bonnechere River and Rideau River of Ontario and Quebec.