Rockhounding Alaska
by Montana Hodges
Rockhounding Alaska
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| Acknowledgments |
vii
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| Introduction |
1
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| Alaska's Geologic Introduction |
4
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| Collecting Regulations and Etiquette |
8
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| How to Use This Book |
10
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| Safety |
13
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| Ten Vistas for Your Alaska Journey |
17
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| Map Legend |
26
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| ROCKHOUNDING SITES | |
| 1. Prince of Wales Fossils |
27
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| 2. Salt Chuck Copper Minerals |
30
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| 3. Wrangell's Garnet Ledge |
33
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| 4. Petersburg Garnets |
36
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| 5. Last Chance Mining Museum and Historic Park |
39
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| 6. AJ Mine Gastineau Gold |
41
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| 7. Alaska Travel Adventures Gold |
43
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| 8. Alaska 360 Klondike Gold Fields |
45
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| 9. Kodiak Island's Fossil Beach |
47
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| 10. Sand Point Agate and Zeolites |
51
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| 11. Dutch Harbor Beachcombing |
55
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| 12. Seldovia Fossils |
59
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| 13. Bishop's Beach Fossils |
61
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| 14. Fox River Fossils |
64
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| 15. Salamatof Beach Agate |
67
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| 16. Nikiski Beach Agate |
70
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| 17. Discovery Beach Agate |
72
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| 18. Prospector John's Gold and Gems |
75
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| 19. Crescent Creek Gold |
77
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| 20. Adventure Sixty Gold and Gems |
79
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| 21. Bertha Creek Gold |
80
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| 22. Resurrection Creek Gold |
82
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| 23. Sixmile Creek Gold |
84
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| 24. Crow Creek Mine |
86
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| 25. Indian Valley Mine |
90
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| 26. Slide Mountain Fossils |
91
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| 27. Little Nelchina River Fossils |
96
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| 28. Belanger Pass Fossils |
98
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| 29. Sheep Mountain Volcanics |
101
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| 30. Blodgett Bluff Fossils |
104
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| 31. Caribou Creek Agate |
107
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| 32. Anthracite Ridge Fossils |
110
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| 33. Chickaloon Fossils |
112
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| 34. Matanuska River Jasper |
113
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| 35. Wishbone Hill Fossils |
115
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| 36. Buffalo Mine Road Fossils |
118
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| 37. Independence Mine Gold |
120
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| 38. Cache Creek Cabins Gold |
125
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| 39. Denali Gold Tours |
128
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| 40. Petersville Recreational Mining Area |
129
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| 41. Suntrana Fossils |
131
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| 42. Denali Highway Fossils |
135
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| 43. Alpine Creek Lodge Gold |
138
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| 44. Clearwater Creek Flowering Feldspar |
139
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| 45. Paxson Mountain Copper Minerals |
141
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| 46. Paxson Lake Chert |
143
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| 47. Gold Dredge 8 |
145
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| 48. Gold Daughters |
147
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| 49. Pedro Dome Gold |
148
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| 50. Nome Creek Gold |
150
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| 51. Steese Recreational Mining Areas |
152
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| 52. Elliott Highway Crystals |
153
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| 53. Tolovana River Jasper |
155
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| 54. Livengood Serpentinite |
157
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| 55. Dalton Highway Chalcedony |
160
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| 56. Top of the Hill Dendrites |
163
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| 57. Hess Creek Chalcedony |
166
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| 58. Yukon Crossing River Rocks |
168
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| 59. Finger Rock Feldspar |
170
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| 60. Dalton Highway Gold |
172
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| 61. Jim River Jasper |
175
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| 62. Dalton Highway Pyrite |
177
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| 63. Minnie Creek Crystals |
179
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| 64. Sukapak Mountain Marble |
181
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| 65. Chandalar River Fossils |
184
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| 66. Atigun Fossils |
187
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| 67. Galbraith Lake Fossils |
190
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| 68. Arctic Ocean Rocks |
193
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| 69. Gold Prospectors Association of America Claims |
196
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| 70. Golden Sands Beach |
198
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| 71. Kennecott Copper Minerals |
202
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| 72. Glacial Moraine Combing |
207
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| 73. Rainbow Ridge Fossils |
211
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| 74. Red Rock Canyon Minerals |
214
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| 75. Coal Mine Road Fossils |
216
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| 76. Mount Fairplay Labradorite |
219
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| 77. Taylor Highway Dendrites |
222
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| 78. Chicken Gold |
224
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| 79. Yukon - Charley Rivers Gold |
227
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| 80. Alaska Highway Pegmatites |
229
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| Appendix A: Glossary |
231
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| Appendix B: Further Reading |
234
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| Appendix C: Finding Maps, Land Managers, and Information |
235
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| Index |
241
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| About the Author |
247
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