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Geological Map of Alabama is available on this web site.
Mineral Resources Program at the Geological Survey of Alabama (The following quotation is used with permission.)
"Crushed stone, including limestone, dolomite, marble, granite, sandstone, and quartzite, contributes to a thriving mineral industry in the state. Stone, along with sand, gravel, and clay, makes up a multi-million dollar nonfuel minerals industry in Alabama. In 1997, the value of these produced minerals exceeded $735 million.
"Approximately 9.1 metric tons of nonfuel minerals are required every year for every person in the United States to maintain the current standard of living. Materials mined in Alabama such as bauxite, chalk, recovered sulfur, salt, and shale are used extensively in both construction and industry. Alabama exports a significant part of its industrial mineral production. Alabama ranks 17th nationally as a nonfuel minerals producer. The Geological Survey maps the distribution of these valuable resources and reports annual production and utilization figures."
Alabama Museum of Natural History, Smith Hall, University of Alabama Main Campus, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Mineral and Fossil Museums, Exhibits, & Displays in the United States - Alabama
| Plate XX. A. Cliff exposing interbedded, fine-grained, dolomitic marble and phyllite. Rocks of this type occur in a number of places in the west of the crystalline marble area, locally in contact with it and elsewhere separated by a considerable thickness of intervening dolomite. Although the deposits are of no commercial value, they have been in the past considerably prospected. (pp. 162-163) |  |
| Plate XX. B. An exposure of a portion of the 25-foot layer of variegated marble w2hich outcrops about 4 miles southeast of Calera, Shelby County, and which belongs to the Montevallo shale and sandstone formation. The ride bearing this marble crosses Buxahatchee Creek in SE of SE of S. 5, T. 24-N., R. 14-E. (pp. 162-163) |  |
| Plate XXIII. Entrance chamber in onyx-marble cave near Kymulga, Talladega County. The rock in which the cavern is formed in a dolomite. The onyx-marble deposits are calcite. (pp. 168-169) |  |
| Plate XXIV. A. Interbedded phyllite and dolomitic marble from belt to the northwest of the crystalline marble area. The thin beds of marble have been crumpled while the thicker ones have been fractured and faulted. NE S. 33, T. 21-S., R. 3-E. (pp. 170-171) |  |
| Plate XXV. A. One of the impurities of marble is silica. This mineral is frequently segregated into layers. Sometimes the deformation of the marble is evidenced by the bending of these layers of impurity which could not readily recrystallize. The photograph shows discarded marble block containing such evidence of folding. (pp. 172-173) |  |
Plate XXVI. A. Folding and reverse faulting in interbedded phyllite and marble from formation west of the crystalline marble belt. (pp. 174-175) |
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| Plate XXVI. B. The layers of impurities, which mark roughly the position of the bedding plane, are here seen irregularly distributed through the block of marble. This is attributed to drag-folding. (pp. 174-175) |  |
| Plate XXVII. A. In the crystalline marble deposits the marble beds are in many places interstratified with dolomite or contain lenses of dolomite, similar to the chief marble deposits of Vermont. dolomite is less readily recrystallized than calcite and when movements have taken place in the marble beds the dolomite is frequently broken and left in angular fragments or breccia, usually cement with calcite. A portion of a core which was taken from such a broken dolomite layer is here shown. The dark portion is dolomite and the lighter is calcite. (from Preliminary Report on The Crystalline and Other Marbles of Alabama, Bulletin 18,” by William F. Prouty, Geological Survey of Alabama, 1916, pp. 176-177) |  |
National Archive (NARA) Southeast Region (Atlanta, Georgia) (Research resources of retired records)
National Geologic Map Database, presented by the United States Geologic Survey.
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) Listing of Archives and Manuscript Repositories in Alabama
Special Collections Web Resources, hosted by the Rare Book and Manuscript Section of the American Library Association, includes links to discussion lists, information about electronic records, and online preservation resources.
Alabama Black Heritage, presented by the Alabama Tourism Department.
Alabama 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.
American Folklife Center - The Library of Congress' repository for American folk music and folklore and folklife collections.
American Life Histories - Manuscripts from WPA Writers’ Project (1936-1940), Library of Congress - American Memory.
American Local History Network - Alabama (genealogy and history)
American Memory - the Library of Congress' gateway to primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. “Mission: American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.”
Architecture of the United States, presented by Glass, Steel, and Stone.
Courthouses Recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)
Google Book Search: You can use Google Book Search to search for specific subjects in thousands of books available through the Google Book Search - both books under copyright and in the public domain. Hundreds of books are added regularly, so check back if you do not find books on the subject for which you are seeking information.
Historic Federal Buildings, by Phineas E. Paist and Harold D. (View by State or Architect)
Linkpendium - Alabama (genealogy and history resources)
Making of America (MOA) Making of America is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
National Archive (NARA) Southeast Region (Atlanta, Georgia) (Research resources of retired records)
The Nineteenth Century in Print: The Making of America in Books and Periodicals. A distributed digital library collaboration at the Cornell University Library - Library of Congress - American Memories.
Resources for Historians, Hanover College, Department of History, Hanover, Indiana.
Resources for Historians - The History Guide, presented by Steven Kreis.
LibDex - The Library Index – Alabama
National Archive (NARA) Southeast Region (Atlanta, Georgia) (Research resources of retired records)
Mineral and Fossil Museums, Exhibits, & Displays in the United States - Alabama
Alabama Almanac, presented by Netstate.com.
Google - Local (Use Google’s Local Map, Satellite, and Hybrid (combination map and satellite image) views to view locations of your choice. Be sure to designate the location in the search field in the Google - Local window.)
National Geologic Map Database, presented by the United States Geologic Survey.
TerraServer-USA, sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey and MSN Virtual Earth.
TopoZone “The TopoZone is the Web's center for recreational and professional topographic map users.” (Includes a place name search form.)
US Board on US Geographic Names - The New U.S. and Territories Query (Search the USGS Geographic Names Database.)
NOTE: You can obtain Alabama Geological Survey publications from the publications section of the web site.
Google Book Search: You can use Google Book Search to search for specific subjects in thousands of books available through the Google Book Search - both books under copyright and in the public domain. Hundreds of books are added regularly, so check back if you do not find books on the subject for which you are seeking information.
“Alabama Marble,” in Mine and Quarry Magazine, Sullivan Machinery Co., Chicago, 1908, pp. 246-250. (This article is available in Google Book Search - Full view books in a bound book of “Mine and Quarry” magazine, although many pages are unreadable.)
A brief history of Sylacauga Marble, by Ruth Beaumont Cook, written in preparation for the Sylacauga Marble Festival April 17-30, 2009, Alabama / Piestrasanta, Italy Cultural Exchange sponsored by the Alabama State Council on the Arts, A product of the B. B. Comer Memorial Public Library Foundation, Sylacauga, Alabama, 2009, 34 pp. (You can view both the The Sylacauga “Magic of Marble” Fetival brochure and program from the 2009 festival in PDF format. If you are interested in attending the next annual marble festival in Sylacauga in the spring of 2010: The festival activities will be held from March 24th through the 28th, and the marble carving will be done on March 16.)
The Cement Resources of Alabama, by Eugene A. Smith, Brown Printing Company, Alabama Geological Survey No. 8, 1904, 93 pp. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)
A Location Guide for Rockhounds, (PDF) Collected by Robert C. Beste, PG, St. Louis, Missouri: Hobbitt Press, 2nd ed., December 1996, 148 pp. (Includes chapters on “Mineral Locations by State,” “Appendix and Glossary,” and “Bibliography.”)
The Materials and Manufacture of Portland Cement, by Edwin C. Eckel, Geological Survey of Alabama Bulletin No. 8, Brown Printing Company, 1904, 93 pp. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)
The Technology of Marble Quarrying, U. S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin 106, by Oliver Bowles, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1916.
The following stone carvers’/company names are listed on this web site in addition to photographs of cemetery stones that they signed: Alexander HERD, Eutaw, Alabama; HERD & Bros., G. Herd; Thomas H. HOLT, Birmingham, Alabama; and B. J. HUGHES, Vienna, Alabama.
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