Alaska

Geology Resources - Alaska

• Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
  • Alaska's Mineral Industry Publications (1997 through present day)
  • Generalized Geologic Map of Alaska
  • Geology Publications
  • Guide to Alaska Geologic and Mineral Information 2004, Information Circular 44 [PDF]
• AKGeology.info - “This new site will evolve from a collection of links pertaining to geology, minerals, and land records in Alaska into a integrated system which allows the user to combine this information in ways which promote minerals exploration in Alaska.”
• Alaska State Minerals Information (USGS)
• Alaska Geology Map Indexer (Downloadable Maps)
• Alaska Resource Data Files - Summary Descriptions of Known Mineral Occurrences
• Alaska Resources Library and Information Services (ARLIS)

• Geologic Map of Alaska, presented on the About.com: Geology web site.

• Juneau - John Rishel Mineral Information Center, Douglas, Alaska
• Map Library, Alaska Department of Natural Resources.

• Map of Industrial Minerals Occurrences in Alaska, Miscellaneous Publication 43, by DeAnne S. Pinney and Emily S. Duenwald, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, September 2001, 103 pp. [PDF]

• National Geologic Map Database, presented by the United States Geologic Survey.
• Southeastern Coastal Alaska Limestone Terrain. (The information below is excerpted from the above document, which you can view as a PDF file at the URL below). The document is presented by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.) This report was taken from a report "Limestones of the Pacific Northwest" by Edwin Hodge, industrial raw materials consultant, September 1, 1944, for the Bonneville Power Administration. Report on file at Division of Mines and Geology Library, General Administration Building, Olympia, Washington. (The online version contains many typographical errors. I have taken the liberty to correct these errors, so the following paragraph is a "corrected" version of this document quotation.) (The link from which this information was obtained is no longer available.)
  <http://wwwdggs.dnr.state.ak.us/scan1/mr/text/MR191-08.PDF>

  Many limestone and marble deposits occur adjacent to the coast of southeastern of which more than 56 locations are noted in this report.

  Transportation: All of the limestone deposits herein recorded lie close to tidal waters. Many of the limestones outcrop as cliffs on the shores of sheltered waters where good quarry sites may be found and safe and economical wharfage is available.

  (There is a section of the report entitled, "Comparison of Composition of Limestones of Southeastern Alaska" which lists the location and description of marble and limestone found.)

• US Mineralogy Literature List on J. Adam's Mineral Page

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Research Resources - Alaska

• Archives
  • Alaska State Archives

  • NUCMC Listing of Archives and Manuscript Repositories in Alaska

  • Repositories of Primary Sources - Alaska - A list of links to online resources from the Univ. of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives.
  • University of Alaska, Archives and Manuscripts
• Historical Sources
  • Alaska Buildings, Structures, & Architects on the Philadelphia Architects & Buildings Project (PAB) web site. You can search the database for buildings, structures, and architects either as a visitor or you can register free. You cannot search for specific cities, but you can search for county locations. There are no photographs presented, but the location and/or address and the name of the architect are included if known; and the historic registration information is also included.
  • AlaskaGenWeb Project Web Site, State Coordinators Capt. Pat Smith or Sarah Ligon.
  • Alaska Historical and Genealogical Societies
  • Alaska Historical Collections (includes Online Collections, Photographs & Still Images, Manuscripts & Records, Books & Periodicals, Newspapers, Maps, and Multimedia)
  • Alaska Historical Society
  • Gallery of Historic Photos of Juneau, Alaska and Vicinity (Most of the photographs presented here are from the collections of the Alaska State Library.)
  • The Lighthouses of Alaska
  • Local Historical Societies and Museums

  • National Archives and Records Administration – Pacific Alaska Region - A Guide to Archival Records.

  • Office of History and Archeology, Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation.
• Libraries
  • Alaska Library Web Sites, Alaska Library Association.
  • Alaska Photo Library, Department of Community and Economic Development.
  • Alaska Resources Library and Information Services (ARLIS)
  • Alaska State and Local Government, Library of Congress.
  • Alaska State Library
    • Alaska State Library Resource Guide
  • LIBCAT: US - Alaska

  • Statewide Library Electronic Doorway Home Page

  • University of Alaska Anchorage - Consortium Library
    • Alaska Collection
    • Archives and Manuscripts Department
  • William A. Egan Library - University of Alaska Southeast
• Museums
  • Alaska Museum of Natural History
  • Alaska State Museums
  • Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, Alaska.
  • Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska.
  • Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum, Nome, Alaska.
  • Kodiak Military History Museum, Miller Point, Fort Abercrombie, Kodiak, Alaska.
  • Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry, Wasilla, Alaska.
  • Museum of History and Industry
    • A collection of historical photographs from the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
  • Museums and Historical Societies in Alaska
  • Pioneers of Alaska, Historic Preservation Committee, Anchorage, Alaska.
  • University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Valdez Museum & Historical Archive
• Other
  • 1895 U.S. Atlas - Alaska
  • Alaska Facts & Visitor Info.
  • Alaska Scenic Byways, presented by the National Scenic Byways Program.
  • Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - Alaska's Electronic Reading Room, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management.
  • Camera Workers: British Columbia, Alaska & Yukon 1858-1950. Documents photographers in British Columbia and the Alaska and Yukon territories. Presented by David Mattison.
  • Cyndi's List Online Research Resources - Alaska
  • Databases for Alaskans and Authorized Users
  • Everything Alaska: Your On-Line Source For All Things Alaskan
  • Ghost Towns of Alaska
  • Land Records Information Section (LRIS)
  • State of Alaska

  • State of Alaska : Travel and Vacation Information

  • Statewide Library Electronic Doorway Home Page
  • US Board on US Geographic Names - The New U.S. and Territories Query (Search the USGS Geographic Names Database.)

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The Alaska Stone Industry

• 1882 - The Alaska Stone and Building Industry in 1882, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1882, J. S. Powell, Director, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1883. Excerpts from the chapters on 1) "Structural Materials" and 2) "The Useful Minerals of the United States."
• 1883 and 1884 Alaska Stone Industry, Excerpts from Mineral Resources ofthe United States - Calendar Years 1883 and 1884, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office,Washington, D. C., 1885.
• 1885 - The Alaska Stone and Building Industry in 1885, Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1885, David T. Day, Geologist, Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1887. Excerpt from the chapter on "Structural Materials," by H. S. Sproull.
• 1886 - The Alaska Stone and Building Industry in 1886, Excerpts from Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1886, David T. Day, Chief of Division of Mining Statistics and Technology, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1887. Excerpts from the chapter on "Structural Materials," by William C. Day.
• 1908 - The Alaska Stone Industry, 1908, Excerpt from Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Year 1908, Part II - Nonmetallic Products, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1909. Excerpts from the book from chapter on "Stone," by A. T. Coons.
• 1994 through 2004 - The Mineral Industry of Alaska - U. S. Bureau of Mines, U. S. Department of the Interior - 1994 through 2004.
• DiscoverySchool.com (Worldbook) - Minerals and Mining. Alaska has deposits of granite and limestone deposits. (The link from which this information was obtatined is no longer available.)
  <http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook.html>

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Printed & Online Sources

• "Alaska's Mineral Supplies," by A. H. Brooks, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 666-P, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, pp. 1-14.
• "The Building Stones and Materials of Southeastern Alaska," by C. W. Wright, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 345, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1908, pp. 116-226.
• The Geography and Geology of Alaska, A Summary of Existing Knowledge, by A. H. Brooks, with a section on climate, by Cleveland Abbe, Jr., and a topographic map and description thereof, by R. U. Goode. Professional Paper 45, 1906, 327 pp.
• Geographic Dictionary of Alaska, Bulletin 299, by Marcus Baker, second edition, prepared by James McCormick, 1906, 690 pp.
• "The Geology and Mineral Resources of Kenai Peninsula," by G. C. Martin, B. L. Johnson, and U.S. Grant, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 587, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1915, pp. 243.
• "The Geology and Mineral Resources of Parts of Alaska Peninsula," by W. W. Atwood, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 467, United States Geological Survey, Washington, DC., Government Printing Office, 1911, pp. 137.
• "The Geology and Mineral Resources of the Nizina District, Alaska," by F. H. Moffit and S. R. Capps, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 448, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1911, pp. 111.
• "The Geology and Mineral Resources of the Solomon and Casadepaga Quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska," by P. S. Smith, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 433, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1910, 227 pp.
• "The Geology and Mineral Resources of the West Coast of Chichagof Island," by R. M. Overbeck, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 692, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1919, pp. 91-136.
• Guide to Alaska and the Yukon, ed. by Lou Jacobin, Guide to Alaska Co., Juneau, Alaska, 1956, 288 pp.
• A Guide to Alaska , Last American Frontier, by Merle Colby, Macmillan Co., New York, 1939, 427 pp.
• "Investigation of the Mineral Deposits of Seward Peninsula," by P. S. Smith, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 345, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1908, pp. 206-250.
• Map of Alaska Showing Distribution of Mineral Deposits, scale 1:5,000,000; by A. H. Brooks. New editions included in United States Geological Survey Bulletins 642 and 662, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office.

• Map of Industrial Minerals Occurrences in Alaska, Miscellaneous Publication 43, by DeAnne S. Pinney and Emily S. Duenwald, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, September 2001, 103 pp. [PDF]

• "Marble Deposits of Southeastern Alaska," by E. F. Burchard, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 682, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, date unknown, pp. unknown. (Report in preparation in 1917.)
• "Marble Resources of Ketchikan and Wrangell Districts," by E. F. Burchard, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 542, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1913, pp. 52-77.
• "Marble Resources of the Juneau, Skagway, and Sitka Districts," by E. F. Burchard, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 592, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1914, pp. 95-107.
• The Milepost: for Motorists, Sportsmen, Vacationists, Alaska Research Co., Anchorage, Alaska . (Annual booklet of highway maps and detailed information covering the Laska highway.)
• "The Mineral Deposits of Alaska," by A. H. Brooks, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 592, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1914, pp. 18-44.
• "The Mineral Deposits of the Chitina Valley," by F. H. Moffit, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 642, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1916, pp. 129-136.
• "Mineral Deposits of Kodiak and the Neighboring Islands," by G. C. Martin, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 542, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1913, pp. 125-136.
• "Mineral Deposits of the Kotsina-Kuskulana District, With Notes on Mining in Chitina Valley," by F. H. Moffit, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 622, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1915, pp. 103-117.
• "The Mineral Deposits of the Yakataga Region," by A. G. Maddren, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 592, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1914, pp. 119-154.
• The Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1939, Technology & Science U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 926A, by Philip S. Smith, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.: 1941. 107 pp.
• Mineral Industry of Alaska in 1940, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 933-A, by Philip S. Smith, 1942, 102 pp.
• Mineral Resources in Alaska, Report of Progress of Investigations in 1909, United States Geological Survey, Bulletin 442, by Alfred H. Brooks and Others, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1910, 432 pp.
• Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1917, Bulletin 692, by G. C. Martin, et. al., United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1919.
• "Mineral Resources of the Chisana-White River District," by S. R. Capps, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 622, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1915, pp. 189-228.
• "Mineral Resources of Jack Bay District and Vicinity," by B. L. Johnson, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 692, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1919, pp. 153-173.
• "Mineral Resources of the Kantishna Region," by S. R. Capps, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 662, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1917, pp. 279-331.
• "Mineral Resources of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska," by F. H. Moffit and R. W. Stone, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 277, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1906, 80 pp.
• "Mineral Resources of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska," by G. C. Martin, B. L. Johnson, and U. S. Grant, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 587, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1915, 243 pp.
• "Mineral Resources of the Lake Clark-Iditarod Region," by P. S. Smith, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 622, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1915, pp. 247-271.
• The Mineral Resources of the Mount Wrangell District, Alaska, by W. C. Mendenhall and F. C. Schrader, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1903, 77 pp.
• "Mineral Resources of the Nabesna-White River District," by F. H. Moffit and Adolph Knopf; with a section on the Quaternary, by S. R. Capps, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 417, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1910, 64 pp.
• "Mineral Resources of the Ruby-Kuskokwim Region," by J. B. Mertie, Jr., and G. L. Harrington, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 642, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1916, pp. 228-266.
• "Mineral Resources of the Upper Matanuska and Nelchina Valleys," by G. C. Martin and J. B. Mertie, Jr., in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 592, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1914, pp. 273-300.
• "Mineral Resources of the Upper Chulitna Region," by S. R. Capps, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 692, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1919, pp. 207-232.
• "Mineral Resources of the Yukon-Koyukuk Region," by E. M. Eakin, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 592, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1914, pp. 371-384.
• "Nonmetallic Deposits of Southeastern Alaska," by C. W. Wright, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 284, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1906, pp. 54-60.
• "Nonmetalliferous Mineral Resources of Southeastern Alaska," by C. W. Wright, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 314, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1907, pp. 73-81.
• "Railway Routes," by A. H. Brooks, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 284, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1906, pp. 10-17.
• "Railway Routes from the Pacific Seaboard to Fairbanks, Alaska," by A. H. Brooks, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 520, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office 1912, pp. 45-88.
• Report on Progress of Investigations of the Mineral Resources of Alaska in 1905, A. H. Brooks, and others, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1906, 169 pp.
• Roadside Geology of Alaska, by Cathy Connor and Daniel O'Haire, Mountain Press Publishing Company, Incorporated, April 1988, Paperback, 256 pp., ISBN: 0878422137.
• A Selected List of United States Geological Survey Publications on Alaska, Arranged Alphabetically, United States Geological Survey, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1933. 14 pp. (Issued as an appendix to the Geological Survey's Bulletin 836.)
• "Special Reports on Building Stones of the United States for 1880," Tenth Census, vol. 10, by George W. Hawes, George P. Merrill, and others, 1884.
• The Stone Industries, by Oliver Bowles, New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1939, 519 pp.
• Stones for Building and Decoration, by George Perkins Merrill, 3rd ed., rev. and enl., New York: J. Wiley & Sons; 1897, 3rd ed. 1908.
• “Talkeetna, Alaska Cemetery: Latitude 62:323N, Longitude: 150,109W,” by Peggy Jenks, in Association for Gravestone Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 3, Summer, 2007, pp. 10-11.
• Uncle Sam’s Attic: The Intimate Story of Alaska, by Mary Lee Davis, W. A. Wilde Co., Boston, Mass.: 1930, 402 pp.
• "The Upper Chitina Valley," by F. H. Moffitt, With a Description of the Igneous Rocks, by R. M. Overbeck, in United States Geological Survey Bulletin 675, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office 1918, pp. 82.

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List of Quarries in Alaska & Quarry Links, Photographs and Articles

• Quarries in Alaska (present-day companies), listed on Superyellowpages.com.
• Alaska – John A. Roebling’s Sons Company (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XLVI, No. 3, March, 1925, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 174.)

  John A. Roebling’s Sons Company

  Trenton, New Jersey

  Roebling Blue Center Steel Wire Rope

  Blue Center Steel Wire Rope is especially adapted to severe

  quarry service because it is tough, pliable and durable.

  Unloading huge blocks of marble from the Alaskan Quarries of the Vermont Marble Company at the San Francisco Docks.

• Aneskett, Koscuisko Island, Alaska - Limestone Quarries (From Southeastern Coastal Alaska Limestone Terrain (1944), presented by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. The information in the report was taken from a report "Limestones of the Pacific Northwest," by Edwin Hodge, industrial raw materials consultant, September 1, 1944, for the Bonneville Power Administration.) (The link from which this information was obtained is no longer available.)
  <http://wwwdggs.dnr.state.ak.us/scan1/mr/text/MR191-08.PDF>

  "Aneskett, easternmost point, 56° 9' N.; 133° 16' W.

  "Rocks: Silurian limestone covers most of the Island; jointed and sheared; cut by dikes which have produced marbleizing effects.

  "Quality: Gradually changes to marble from Neskett westward; limestone acnsc (sic), massive, nodular and shaly; 95-99% CaCO3; some contact metamorphic minerals.

  "Commercial Considerations: Large, thick, Quarries. Port of occasional call by steamers."

• Calder Bay, Alaska - Marble Quarry. From 1905 to 1920 the mine served as a marble quarry producing building materials. Today the Calder Bay Mine continues to produce rock. (The link from which this information was obtained is no longer available.)
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  • Calder Bay, Alaska - Marble/Limestone Quarry - Vermont Marble Company (From Southeastern Coastal Alaska Limestone Terrain (1944), presented by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. The information in the report was taken from a report "Limestones of the Pacific Northwest," by Edwin Hodge, industrial raw materials consultant, September 1, 1944, for the Bonneville Power Administration.) (The link from which this information was obtained is no longer available.)
    <http://wwwdggs.dnr.state.ak.us/scan1/mr/text/MR191-08.PDF>

    "Calder Region, Limestone occurs in Calder Range and extends northward to Labouchere Bay. Vermont Marble Company.

    Rocks: Pro-silurian. Marble belt 3,000 feet wide strikes northwest and dips southwest, extends south across dry pass to Marble Island; cut off on northeast and just back of Shakaan by granite. To northwest crosses Calder Bay and reappears to north and beyond, Cut by diabase dikes which contain pyrite and pyrrhotite."

    "Commercial considerations: Limestone beds 100 to 1,000 feet thick. Calder quarry on south side and near head of Marble creek. Quarry connected with deep water at Marble Cove by tram (1935). Elevation 100 feet. To Seattle 812 miles."

• Chugiak, Alaska - Rock Alaska C. (Quarry) (present-day company), Old Glenn Highway, Chugiak, AK 99567; (907) 688-3500.
• Dry Pass, Alaska - Limestone Quarry - El Capitan Marble Co./Vermont Marble Co. (From Southeastern Coastal Alaska Limestone Terrain (1944), presented by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. The information in the report was taken from a report "Limestones of the Pacific Northwest," by Edwin Hodge, industrial raw materials consultant, September 1, 1944, for the Bonneville Power Administration. (The link from which this information was obtained is no longer available.)
  <http://wwwdggs.dnr.state.ak.us/scan1/mr/text/MR191-08.PDF>

  "Dry Pass, 25 miles long, extends east from Calder and Shakaan Strait to El Capitan Strait, El Capitan Marble Co.; Vermont Marble Co.

  "Rocks: Limestone occurs on two small islands and at the north side of the entrance. Pre-Silurian in age. Part of a large area covering Prince of Kales and adjacent islands. Associated with greenstones, schists, and gneisses. Strike N 60° East. Cut by dikes which have marbleized adjacent limestone. Forms bluff 200 to 400 feet high.

  "Quality: Uniformly pure crystalline marble, white to blue-gray, limestone, some quarts (sic) seams."

  "Commercial considerations: Thick. To Seattle, 832 miles."

• Kachemak Bay State Park and State Wilderness Park - Limestone Quarry
  • Grace Ridge Trail (Listed in the Trails in Kachemak Bay State Park section of the web site.) It is mentioned that the Kayak Beach Campsite was once an area that was used as a rock quarry, although the type of quarry and stone is not indicated.
  • Seldovia Otterbahn Trail (listed on the Home, Alaska, Visitor's Guide web site, presented by the Homer Tribune. One of the points of interest on this hike is a limestone quarry.
• Kawak Passage, Alaska - El Capitan Mining Company (Seattle) (From Southeastern Coastal Alaska Limestone Terrain (1944), presented by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. The information in the report was taken from a report "Limestones of the Pacific Northwest," by Edwin Hodge, industrial raw materials consultant, September 1, 1944, for the Bonneville Power Administration.) (The link from which this information was obtained is no longer available.)
  <http://wwwdggs.dnr.state.ak.us/scan1/mr/text/MR191-08.PDF>

  "Klawak Passage, between Koscuisko and Calder. El Chpitan (sic) Mining Company (Seattle).

• Kodiak, Alaska - Stone Quarry on Fort Greely, DEC and Searchlight Bunkers, Kodiak Alaska. On the "Kodiak Alaska Military History/Gibson Cove and Deadman's Curve" section of Joe Stevens' Cursty Old Joe's Place Kodiak Alaska Military History web site, there is mention of a stone quarry and includes a photograph.

  According to the webmaster of this web site the rock quarried in this stone quarry is a black sedimentary rock which is "quarried by blasting and scooping the shards up." The rock is used for "fill rock," and there are many quarries in the area. This quarry is owned by Brechan Enterprises, Inc. (January 2004).

• Marble Island, Alaska - Marble Quarries (From Southeastern Coastal Alaska Limestone Terrain (1944), presented by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. The information in the report was taken from a report "Limestones of the Pacific Northwest," by Edwin Hodge, industrial raw materials consultant, September 1, 1944, for the Bonneville Power Administration.) (The link from which this information was obtained is no longer available.)
  <http://wwwdggs.dnr.state.ak.us/scan1/mr/text/MR191-08.PDF>

  "Marble Island, in Davidson Inlet and south of Koscuisko.

  "Rocks: Extention of Shakaan belt; developed quarries; associated with Gneisses and Schists.

  "Commercial Considerations: Island 3 miles east-west, 4 miles north-south. Elevation 1,328 Feat (sic)."

• Marble Quarry, Tokeen, Alaska - circa 1920 (No further information available at this time.)
• Orr Island (Cyrus Cove), Southeast Alaska - Marble Quarry - Mission Marble Company (From Southeastern Coastal Alaska Limestone Terrain (1944), presented by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. The information in the report was taken from a report "Limestones of the Pacific Northwest," by Edwin Hodge, industrial raw materials consultant, September 1, 1944, for the Bonneville Power Administration. (The link from which this information was obtained is no longer available.)
  <http://wwwdggs.dnr.state.ak.us/scan1/mr/text/MR191-08.PDF>

  "Orr Island, between Davidson Inlet and Sea Otter Sound, Mission Marble Company.

  "Description: Marble covers most of island, 25 feet above high tide level; must jointed. Strike: N.W.; steep dip.

  "Quality: Pure.

  (A chart included in this entry indicates there was veined marble, dark marble, and also limestone at southwest end of island.)

  "Commercial Considerations: Quarry at water's edge, but must be moved by scows one mile to deep water.

• Prince of Wales Island, Alaska – American Coral Marble Co. – Marble Quarry (The following information is from the section “Marble and Granite” in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to Stone, Marble, Granite, Slate, Cement, Contracting and Building, Vol. XXIV, No..1, January, 1902, Stone Publishing Co., New York , pp. 61.)

  American Coral Marble Co.

  The American Coral Marble Co. has been incorporated at Tacoma, Wash., with a capital stock of $1,000,000, to develop marble claims on the Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. The incorporators are: W. H. Reminigton, L. J. Pentecost, Sidney Plummer and Walter M. Harvey, of Tacoma, and Francis Clarno, F. O. Downing and E. A. Baldwin, of Portland.

• Sarhini (Sarheen), Koscuisko Island, Alaska - Limestone Quarries (From Southeastern Coastal Alaska Limestone Terrain (1944), presented by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. The information in the report was taken from a report "Limestones of the Pacific Northwest," by Edwin Hodge, industrial raw materials consultant, September 1, 1944, for the Bonneville Power Administration. (The link from which this information was obtained is no longer available.)
  <http://wwwdggs.dnr.state.ak.us/scan1/mr/text/MR191-08.PDF>

  "Sarhini (Sarheen) Cove, west of Aneskett and on north side of island.

  Rocks: Same as above. [From above: "Silurian limestone covers most of the Island; jointed and sheared; cut by dikes which have produced marbleizing effects."]

  Quality: Same as above. [From above: "Quality: Gradually changes to marble from Neskett westward; limestone acnsc (sic), massive, nodular and shaly; 95-99% CaCO3; some contact metamorphic minerals."]

  Commercial Considerations: Same as above. [From above: "Large, thick, Quarries. Port of occasional call by steamers.]

• Tokeen, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska - Marble Quarry - Vermont Marble Company (From Southeastern Coastal Alaska Limestone Terrain (1944), presented by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. The information in the report was taken from a report "Limestones of the Pacific Northwest," by Edwin Hodge, industrial raw materials consultant, September 1, 1944, for the Bonneville Power Administration. (The link from which this information was obtained is no longer available.)
  <http://wwwdggs.dnr.state.ak.us/scan1/mr/text/MR191-08.PDF>

  "Tokeen, northwest shore. Vermont Marble Company.

  "Rocks: Belt 2,500 feet wide extends southeast across Orr Island.

  "Dip: 380° - 40° N.E., much jointed, cut by andesite and porphyry dikes.

  "Quality: Dark-blue limestone altered to marble; much pyrite."

  (The table included in this entry indicates there was white marble and veined marble at the quarry.)

  "Commercial Considerations: Quarry near wharf. To Seattle, 826 miles.

• View Cove, Dall Island, Alaska - Limestone Quarry
  • The Ghost Town of View Cove (and Limestone Quarry), Dall Island, Alaska, presented by Manley Kjonaas (The link from which this entry was obtained is no longer available.) <http://www.geocities.com/mkjonaas2/index.htm>
  • View Cove, Alaska - Limestone Quarry - Pacific Coast Cement Co. (Seattle, Washington) (From Southeastern Coastal Alaska Limestone Terrain (1944), presented by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. The information in the report was taken from a report "Limestones of the Pacific Northwest," by Edwin Hodge, industrial raw materials consultant, September 1, 1944, for the Bonneville Power Administration. (The link from which this information was obtained is no longer available.)
    <http://wwwdggs.dnr.state.ak.us/scan1/mr/text/MR191-08.PDF>

    "View Cove; Pacific Coast Cement Co., S. E. Hutton, manager, 1003 Seaboard Bldg., Seattle. Operated by Pacific Coast Cement Co. The property consists of 40 acres of high-grade limestone leased from the U. S. government, containing millions of tons of very uniform rock.

    "Rocks: Limestone strikes northwest to Cape Lookout.

    "Commercial Considerations: Nautical miles from Dall Island (View Cove) to Ketchikan, 65, Prince Rupert, 115 miles; Seattle, 770 miles; Portland, 920 miles.

    (There is detailed information in the article about transportation and production of the limestone.)

    "A modern quarry with power plant, drilling equipment, power shovels, crushing plant, storage bins and ship-loading equipment gives low-cost f.o.b. ships. The quarry is operated from April to September.."

    "About 25 men produce 100 tons per hour. They produce between 25,000 and 30,000 tons per month when operating, but the quarry capacity is said to be 275,000 tons per month. Production is limited by transportation facilities.."

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Structures and Monuments in Which Alaska Stone was Used

The Finished Products from Alaska Stone in Alaska

• Juneau, Alaska - the Alaska State Capitol (photograph and history) The building has brick-faced reinforced concrete. Indiana limestone was used for the lower façade, and the four columns at the portico and the interior trim are of marble quarried in southeastern Alaska. These marbles are light and dark Tokeen marbles quarried at Tokeen, Prince of Wales Island. The construction of the building began in September 1929 and was completed in February 1931. (The previous information was presented on the Alaska.com web site.) Click here to view the Alaska State Legislature's web site that includes more photographs and history of the Alaska State Capitol. This web site includes a capitol video tour. (The web address from this the above information was taken is no longer available.)
  <http://www.alaska.com/akcom/trivia/trivcom/symbols/story/3005293p-3029500c.html>

The Finished Products from Alaska Stone in Idaho

• Boise, Idaho - the State Capitol (The link from which this information was obtained is no longer available.) <http://www.idahocapitolcommission.org/trivia.html>

  Most of the external construction material was sandstone from a quarry on Table Rock, east of Boise, which the state purchased for use in building the capitol building. For the interior, four types of marble were used: Red marble from Georgia, gray marble from Alaska, green from Vermont, and the black marble is from Italy.

The Finished Products from Alaska Stone in Ohio

• Cleveland, Ohio - the Cleveland Union Station (photograph and history) The following is from The Cleveland Union Station - A Description of The New Passenger Facilities and Surrounding Improvements, The Cleveland Union Terminals Co. and The Cleveland Terminals Building Co., 1930. (Source: Cleveland State University Library.)

  Construction of the station and buildings started in 1922. Botticino marble was used to finish the walls of the Traction Lobby and Tennessee marble was used on the floors. At the south end of the East Traction Concourse there is the restaurant. Belgian Black and Alaska Token marble were laid in a pattern for the floor.