Eastern Field Trip Alliance

E. F. T. A.  

LAST OF THE 2oo2 digs!!!

March 23            St. Lawrence Co. CANCELED DUE TO SNOW Powers Farms, Pierrepont, NY  Uvite, &

 Uralite

March  30            Delaware Valley Mineral Club ……....North East Md. - Maryland Materials

April  6             St. Lawrence County Rock & Mineral Club…Treasure Mountain, Little Falls, NY  Herkimer

 Diamonds, Septer Quartz

April  6             Capitol District Mineral Club …Treasure Mountain, Little Falls, NY  Herkimer Diamonds, Septer Quartz,

April 13            Danbury Mineralogical Society………West Redding, CT.- Grossular Garnet, Quartz, Clinozoisite

April 13            Capitol District Mineral Club ………Mohawk River,  NY – River Rocks

April 13            Syracuse Mineral Club………Crystal Grove Diamond Mine, Herkimer Co. NY – 10:30am , $5.00

collecting fee,  Herkimer Diamonds, druzy Quartz, Calcite xls

April 13            Mineralogist Guild………Basking Ridge, NJ – Tilcon,  Millington Quarry – Trap Rock, Prehnite,

 Datolite, Apophyllite, Natrolite, Pyrite, Dog Tooth Calcite

April 13            Rhode Island Mineral Hunters, Inc.……Wrentham, RI – Mass Lite Quarry, Fossils of Amphibian

Footprints, Calamites

April 13            Rhode Island Mineral Hunters, Inc.……Lincoln,  RI - Conklin Limestone Quarry, Bowenite, Thulite,

Calcite, Geothite, Druzy Pockets

April 20 *** St. Lawrence County Rock & Mineral Club……Powers Farms, Pierrepont, New York  Uvite, & Uralite

April 21              Kennebec Rocks & Mineral Club…….…Brooksville, ME. – Callahan Copper Mine. Pyrite, Copper

April  27            Capitol Mineral Club………....Beryl site - Nottingham, NH - Golden Beryl, & Schorl

April  27            Worchester Mineral Club………Loudville, MA. – Manhan Lead-Silver Mine, Wulfenite ,

Pyromorphite & Galena in Quartz

April  28            Delaware Valley Earth Science Society…….Trotter Dump - Franklin N.J. - FLuorescent Minerals,

 Willemite, Clacite, Franklinite, Hardystonite,  for more info. contact Jeff Winkler info@Uvworld.org

April  28            Delaware Mineral Society’s………York Co., PA – Limonite psedomorphs after Pyrite

April  28            Delaware Mineral Society’s………Rossville, PA – Zeolites, Azurite, Malachite, mostly thumbnails

May  4              Delaware Mineral Society’s………Sewell, NJ - Inversnad Mine, Late Cretaceous vertebrate

(marine reptile, crocodile, turtle, shark & dinosaur) and invertebrate (mollusc) fossils from an

active greensand mine

May 4               New York Mineralogical Club ………..Gettysburg, Penn. - Teeter (Campbell) Quarry;

Epidote, Stilbite,  Heulandite, Apophyllite, Garnet, Natrolite, Djeurelite.

May 5    #1      New York Mineralogical Club……… East Petersburg, Penn. (a.m.) - Binkley - Ober Quarry;

Pink Dolomite, Calcite, Aragonite, Pyrite.

May 5    #2      New York Mineralogical Club ………Denver, Penn. (p.m.) - Martin Limestone/Kurtz Quarry;

Fluorite, Dolomite, Calcite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Pyrite, Barite.

May 11          Mineralogical & Lapidary Society of the Raritan Valley Club…...Tilcon Properties - Prospect Park Quarry, 

               Haledon, New Jersey, SPECIAL NOTE: Limited to 20 people - Datolite, Prehnite, Stilbite, Babingtonite, Calcite,   

               Pyrite, & Quartz (for starters)

May 11             Lower Bucks County…….Chesapeake & Delaware Canals………….  Fossils

May 19             Danbury Mineralogical Society...Redwing Quarry Falls Village, CT- Tremolite, Pyrite, Rutile, Quartz

May 19             Kennebec Rocks & Mineral Club….…Phippsburg, ME. – E.P. Thomas Quarry, Smoky & Amethyst                   Quartz, Axinite

May 19           Saco Valley Mineral Club.........Gorham, NH - Shelborn Lead Mine - Galena, Sphalerite, Calcite

May 24            Syracuse Mineral Club………Alden, NY – near Buffalo,  @1:00pm Pyrite or Marcasite nodules with

Fossils, easy digging

May  25-26       Delaware Valley Earth Science Society…….Calvert Cliffs Area of Maryland - Miocene Fossils

May  25-27        Worchester Mineral Club……… Eden Mills, VT. – VAG Asbestos Quarry, - Vesuvianite, Grossular

                   Garnets, Artinite, Magnetite, Serpentine , epidote, Clinoziosite, Diopside, Brucite & Argonite

May 26       North Shore Rock & Mineral Club……… Plainville, MA - Masslight Quarry -  Fossils - Rain Drops, 

              Calamites, Sigilaria Leaves, Lepedio dendron Ferns, Ginko, ripple marks & Amphibian Tracks

May 26            Conn. Valley  Mineral Club………Eden Mills, VT. – VAG Asbestos Quarry, - Vesuvianite, Grossular

                   Garnets, Artinite, Magnetite, Serpentine , epidote, Clinoziosite, Diopside, Brucite & Argonite

June 1             Delaware Valley Earth Science Society…….Big Brook, Marlboro, New Jersey - Cretaceous Fossils

June 2           Mineralogical & Lapidary Society of the Raritan Valley Club…...Martinsville, New Jersey - Mt. Horeb 

                  Road, Carnelian & Quartz (points)

June 2             Water-Oak Gem & Mineral Club………. Russell Quarry, Topsham, Me.- Beryl,  Columbite, Garnet,

Manetite

June 8             Delaware Valley Earth Science Society…….Amelia, VA - Morefield Gem Mine - (fee) Pegmatite 

                  Formation, Amazonite, Mica, Pyrite, Quartz, Topaz, Tourmaline and others

June 8            Worchester Mineral Club………Stoddard Mine, N.H. – Fluorite & Quratz

June 9            Water-Oak Gem & Mineral Club………….…..Georgetown Quarry – Tourmaline, Beryl Apatite

                  (MMGS meets at a local point & from there caravans over to site);  $5.00 fee to collect. Tourmaline

June 15           Rhode Island Mineral Hunters, Inc.…Roxbury, CT -  Greens Garnet Farm, Garnets in &out of matrix

June 15           New York Mineralogical Club ………Glastonbury, CT- “Pipeline” pegmatite deposits,  Beryl,

Aquamarine, Betrandite, Uranophane, Feldspar, Torbernite

June 15            Mineralogical & Lapidary Society of the Raritan Valley Club…...Martin Limestone (Kurtz Quarry), 

                  Denver, PA. - Florite, Calcite, Dolomite & Pyrite some Sphalerite is possible

June 15             Wayne County Rock & Mineral Club ………Lockport Quarry - New York - Fluorite, Calcite

June 15            Boston Mineral Club………Chester MA - Emery Dumps -  Minerals - Margarite, Magnetite, Corndum &

                  Diaspore

June 16           Saco Valley Mineral Club.........Stoneham, ME - Lord Hill - Topaz, Smoky Quartz, Phenikite (rare), Ball 

                  Mica + 150 other minerals

June 16             Water-Oak Gem & Mineral Club …….…Deer Hill, Stow, Me. – Amethyst, Beryl, Magnetite

(MMGS will meet at a central point and then caravan from there to site); $5.00 fee to collect. Amethyst Quartz Crystals.

June 22            St. Lawrence Co. Rock & Mineral Club………Antwerp, NY - Theresa Road Cut... up to 12" Apatites xls.

June 23            Danbury Mineralogical Society………Greens Garnet Mine, Roxbury, CT- Almandine Garnet,

Staurolite

June 23            Kennebec Rocks & Mineral Club…….…Phillips, ME – Sandy River, Gold Panning Trip

June 23           Fulton County Rock & Mineral Club…….…Rotterdam, NY - Sand Concreations

June  29        Mineralogical & Lapidary Society of the Raritan Valley Club…...Phonexville, PA. - Quartz, Galena, 

                 Pyromorphite, Cerussite, Angelsite, & Leadhilite

June 29          Worchester Mineral Club………Red Wing Quarry, CT. – Tremolite, Scapolite

June 30           North Shore Rock & Mineral Club……… Lincoln, Rhode Island - Conklin Limestone Quarry -

                  Bowenite, Calcite, Marble, Geothite, Smoky Quartz, Diopside & Hematite 

July  13          Worchester Mineral Club………Green’s Farm, Roxbury, CT. – Almandine Garnet, Staurolite

July 13        Boston Mineral Club………North Groton, NH - Palmer No. 1 Mine - rare Phosphates

July 20          Capitol Mineral Club………...Hurricane Mt.,  N. Conway, NH – Arfedsonite, Zircon, Microcline,

Smoky Quartz

July 20           Wayne County Rock & Mineral Club ………Niagara Quarry - New York - Fluorite, Calcite

July  27          CANCELLED...........Mineralogical & Lapidary Society of the Raritan Valley Club…...C.K. Williams Quarry, 

                   Easton Penn, -   Lizardite, Eastonite, Zirrcon, Pyrite, Tremolite, and a few radioactives

July  27          Worchester Mineral Club………Simpson & East Swanson Quarries, CT. – Beryl, Mica Feldspar,

Lepidolite, Albite

July  27            Delaware Mineral Society’s………North East Maryland - MD Materials Quary, Epidote crystal

masses (Nice!), radiating sprays & “roses” of Schorl Tourmaline (NICE!), Calcitel, Pryrite cubes,

Albite xls, zeolites (micro/thumbnail), Actinolite var. Byssolite, Tremolite, Sphene (rare). 

July 28              Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society…Chandler Quarry, Chatham, N.H. – Beryl, Quartz

August 3           Wayne County Rock & Mineral Club ………Niagara Quarry - New York - Fluorite, Calcite

August 3 & 4    Boston Mineral Club………VAG Asbestos Quarry, - Vesuvianite, Grossular Garnets, Artinite,

                  Magnetite, Serpentine , epidote, Clinoziosite, Diopside, Brucite & Argonite

August 11         Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society ……P. Y. Estes Quarry Quarry, West Baldwin, Me. -

“micromounts” – Pyrite, Columbite, Garnet

August 19        St. Lawrence County Rock & Mineral Club …..Gouverneur Talc Co., Hexagonite, Talc, Tremolite

August 25        Capitol Mineral Club………....Bald Mt, Ossipee, N.H. - Smoky Quartz, Topaz, "pocket" Beryl,

Siderite, Microcline

August 24        Capitol District Mineral Club………....Diamond Acres, Fonda NY – Herkimer Diamonds

August 25        Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society …….Deer Hill, Stow, Me.  (MMGS will meet at a central

point and then caravan from there to site); $5.00 fee to collect. Amethyst Quartz Crystal

Sept. 7 & 8      Saco Valley Mineral Club..& Presidental Mineral Club.......Eden Mills, VT. – VAG Asbestos 

                   Quarry, - Vesuvianite, Grossular, Garnets, Artinite, Magnetite, Serpentine  

                  we also have a swap & cook out in the afternoon with camping available

September 7   Franklin County Rock & Mineral Club…….…Valley Quarry / New Franklin ( near Chambersburg, Pa) 

                   calcite & Pink Dolomite

September 28   Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County ….CANCELLED....Deet Lake & St. Clair, Pa.  (St. Clair – Fern Fossils)

September 21-22   OPEN HOUSE…….…EASTERN INDUSTRIES, WILL HAVE @ WINDIELD QUARRY  an 

                       open house on the 21st and MECKLEY QUARRY will be have their OPEN HOUSE on Sept. 22

September 14    Fulton County Rock & Mineral Club…….…Little Falls, NY - Treasure Mountain - Herkimer Diamonds 

September 14  Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County…..Kibblehouse Quarry, Perkiomenville, Penn.

Stilbite, Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Heulandite.

October 5         Nittany Mineralogical Society.…Solona, Pa.  - Hanson Aggregates - Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Quartz, Sulfur,

                  and twinned Strontianite xls 1-10mm 

October 5         Rhode Island Mineral Hunters, Inc.…Pearl Lake, Lisbon, NH – Garnets & Staurolites

October  5        New York Mineralogical Club ………..Gettysburg, Penn. -  Valley Quarry - Teeter  Quarry -  

                   Chrysocolla, Epidote, Stilbite,  Heulandite, Apophyllite, Garnet, Natrolite, Djeurelite.

October  6        New York Mineralogical Club ……….. (am) East Petersburg, Penn. -  Ober Quarry - Fluroite, Dolomite, 

                   Calcite, Pyrite, ------------------------  (pm)  Denver, Penn, - Martin Limestone's  Kurtz Quarry -  

                Fluroite, Dolomite, Calcite, Pyrite,

October 6         Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society ……Dunn Quarry, - Norway - $3.00 Fee - Rose Quartz & Beryl (Golden)

October 6            Conn. Valley  Mineral Club………Loudville, MA. Loudville Lead Mines, – Manhan Lead-Silver Mine,

October  6            Delaware Mineral Society’s………Prospect Park, PA – Kyanite, Sillimanite, Quartz xls,

October  6            Delaware Mineral Society’s………Media, PA – Anthophyllite, Asbestosic Talc, Suntstone,

Amazonite (rare), Serpentine, Pyrolusite, Goethite, Common opal (fl).

October 13       "CANCELLED"  Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County….Codorus Stone Supply Quarry, 

                   Emigsville, Pa."micromounts" - Aragonite, Aurichalcite, Barite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Dolomite, 

                   Fluorite, Galena,  Geothite.

October 12      Franklin County Rock & Mineral Club…….…Valley Quarry - Shippensburg, Pa - calcite & Pink Dolomite,

                   Chert Nodules and Stromatolite ( algae Fossils) 

October 20       North Shore Rock & Mineral Club……… Ashland Quarry - Hornblende, Pyrite, Arsenopyrite, 

                   Magnetite & Serpentine    rain date for October 27th

November 2         Nittany Mineralogical Society.…Jersey Shore, Pa.  - Hanson Aggregates - Pine Creek - Calcite xls & cleavage rhombs, native 

                   Sulfur, Fluorite and Quartz

November 2   Franklin County Rock & Mineral Club…….…Valley Quarry - Gettsburg, Pa. - Epidote, Stilbite, Calcite,

                  Dujuerelite, Dendrites, Garnet var Andradite

November 2       Conn. Valley  Mineral Club………Hardwick, MA - Shaft #10 Quabbin Reservoir – Anglesite,

Heulandite, Apophyllite, Halite, Opal, Babingtonite, Limentie, Calcite, Manetite, Chlorite, Prehinite,

 Epidote, Pyrite, Fluorite blue xls., Sphalerite, Galena, Stilbite, Goethite, Rutile, Gypsum, Tremolite,

 Molbdenite, Thomsonite

November  16            Delaware Mineralogical Society ……....Sykesville  Md. - 15 miles west of Baltimore along Liberty Lake. - Minerals - Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Chalcocite, Bornite, Brochantite, Actinolite, Magnetite, Malachite, Siegenite (Cobalt-nickel ore).

November  23            Delaware Mineralogical Society ……....Lancaster  Penn., - Limonite ps. after Pyrite in Octorara, Serpentine & Chromite

STOP 1:  Octorara Reservoir for Limonite PS after Pyrite and octahedral Magnetite crystals in Phyllite.  Minerals are easily found along the shoreline.  Accessable to just about everyone and kids are OK.  Need
safety glasses, rock hammer, chisels, sturdy boots and appropriate
clothing .

STOPS 2&3:  Serpentine Barrens on PA/MD border.  Minerals include:
Asbestosic Serpentine, Chromite, Magnetite, common Opal.

December  15            Delaware Mineralogical Society ……....Wissahickon Creek, -   A Geologic Tour. A two (2) mile excursion along Wissahickon Creek in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park, near Valley Green, with 14 exposures of the Wissahickon schist and associated pegmatites.  Exposures of Garnetiferous schists, some with Kyanite, Staurolite, and Pyrophyllite.  Other trails yield Anthophyllite, Talc, and Amphiboles.