The Twentieth Annual Report of the Florida State Geological Courtesy of DEP’s Florida GeologicalĬamp Concrete Rock Company Tampa Limestone Pit (Limestone) (from Geology Whythe Cooke and Stuart Mossom, from the TwentiethĪnnual Report of the Florida State Geological Survey,ġ929, pp. On Anastasia Island (Coquina) (from Geologyīy C. The stone lies within a few feet of the surface, and can beĬut out with an ax, in sizes and shapes to suit.” Spanish word for shell), is of Upper Eocene age. The rock, which is popularly known as Coquina (the To the dampness of houses constructed of it, and in part to The quarries were opened upwards of two hundred yearsĪgo, but the stone is not now extensively used, owing in part The rock is loosely compacted and very porous,īut in a mild climate like that of Florida is nevertheless veryĭurable. Fragments of shells an inch or more inĭiameter occur. Is composed simply of shells of a bivalve mollusk more or lessīroken and cemented together by the same material in a moreįinely divided state. Was built about the middle of the eighteenth century.

Of the old city of Saint Augustine and of Fort Marion, which There was formerly quarried to a considerable extent a veryĬoarse and porous shell limestone which was used in the construction “On Anastasia Island, about 2 miles from Saint Augustine, Museum: A Hand-book and Catalogue,” By George P. National Museum Under the Direction of the Smithsonian Institutionsįor the Year Ending June 30, 1886, Chapter entitled “TheĬollection of Building and Ornamental Stones in The U. Anastasia Island, Florida - Coquina/Limestone Quarries.John’s, and about one hundredĪnd sixty miles south from Savannah, in Georgia.” It lies about forty miles south of the mouth Which is separated from the ocean by the low and narrow island Sebastian and Matanzas Rivers, on the west side of a harbor On the Atlantic coast, in a narrow peninsula formed by the The oldest European settlement in the United States, is situated Of San Marco in the Florida Structures section With Illustrations by Harry Fenn, 1872.) (Also see the section: St.Īugustine, Florida - the City of St. In “Scenes in Florida, in Picturesque America, Island (The following text and engravings were published Anastasia Island, Florida - Coquina Quarry, Anastasia.Some material that has not been entered onto this web site yet. Old Florida stone quarry, feel free to contact me as I may have Of all of the historical quarries in the state, only the ones I (The following list of Florida quarries is not a complete list

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