Rampart Group Chert
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color:
Rampart Chert ranges from a medium gray to a greenish gray with veins of
quartz commonly present.
Texture:
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Translucency:
Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Radiolarian
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Rampart Group Chert is associated with the Rampart Group of Alaska and
Yukon. Exposures occur in the Ramparts of the Yukon River in east
central Alaska and into the Yukon.
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