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