Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Alaska's Geologic Introduction 3
Collecting Regulations and Etiquette 8
How to Use This Book 9
Safety 11
Ten Vistas for Your Alaska Journey 16
Map Legend 23
Rockhounding Sites
1 Prince of Wales Fossils 25
2 Salt Chuck Copper Minerals 27
3 Wrangell's Garnet Ledge 30
4 Petersburg Garnets 33
5 Last Chance Mining Museum and Historic Park 35
6 Alaska-Gastineau Mill and Mine 38
7 Klondike Gold Fields 40
8 Kodiak Island's Fossil Beach 42
9 Sand Point Agate and Zeolites 46
10 Dutch Harbor Beachcombing 50
11 Red Mountain Chromite 52
12 Homer Micro-Amber 57
13 Salamatof Agate 60
14 Nikiski Beach Agate 63
15 Discovery Beach Agate 65
16 Crescent Creek Panning Area 67
17 Bertha Creek Panning Area 69
18 Resurrection Creek Panning Area 71
19 Sixmile Creek Panning Area 73
20 Crow Creek Mine 75
21 Indian Valley Mine 78
22 Slide Mountain Fossils 79
23 Little Nelchina Fossils 83
24 Belanger Pass Fossils 85
25 Sheep Mountain Gypsum 88
26 Glenn Highway Calcite 91
27 Caribou Creek Thunder Eggs 93
28 Anthracite Ridge Fossils 96
29 Chickaloon Fossils 98
30 Matanuska River Jasper 99
31 Wishbone Hill Fossils 101
32 Coyote Lake Petrified Wood 103
33 Buffalo Mine Road Fossils 105
34 Independence Mine Gold 107
35 Cache Creek Gold 111
36 Petersville Recreational Mining Area 116
37 Golden Zone Mine 118
38 Suntrana Fossils 122
39 Moore Creek Gold 124
40 Ganes Creek Gold 126
41 Denali Highway Gold 127
42 Paxson Mountain Copper Minerals 129
43 Gold Dredge No. 8 131
44 El Dorado Gold Mine 133
45 Pedro Dome Panning 134
46 Nome Creek Recreational Panning Area 136
47 Elliott Highway Crystals 138
48 Tolovana River Jasper 140
49 Livengood Serpentinite 142
50 Dalton Highway Chalcedony 144
51 Dalton Highway Dendrites 148
52 Dalton Highway Agate 150
53 Yukon Crossing River Rocks 152
54 Finger Rock Feldspar 154
55 Dalton Highway Gold 156
56 Jim River Jasper 159
57 Dalton Highway Pyrite 161
58 Minnie Creek Crystals 163
59 Sukapak Mountain Crystals 166
60 Chandalar River Fossils 170
61 Atigun Fossils 172
62 Galbraith Lake Fossils 175
63 Arctic Ocean Rocks 177
64 Gold Prospectors Association of America Claims 179
65 Golden Sands Beach 181
66 Kennecott Copper Minerals 185
67 Glacial Moraine Combing 189
68 McCallum Creek Marble 192
69 Rainbow Ridge Fossils 194
70 Rainbow Ridge Minerals 197
71 Coal Mine Road Fossils 199
72 Mount Fairplay Labradorite 202
73 Taylor Highway Dendrites 203
74 Chicken Gold Camp 205
75 Yukon-Charley Rivers Gold 208
Appendix A Glossary 210
Appendix B Further Reading 213
Appendix C Finding Maps, Land Managers, and Information 214
Index 217
About the Author 222
