Eastern
Field Trip Alliance
Eastern
Field Trip Alliance
E. F. T.
A.
2005
EastERN Field Trip Alliance
Field Trip Itinerary
as of FEBRUARY 20, 2006
THE 2oo5 field trip itinerary
April 22,
2005...Syracuse Gem &
Mineral Society...Alden, NY.........Spring
Creek for pyrite nodules and pyritized (Marcasite) fossils. 2:00 PM. Contact
Tim Hart at
timhart@a-znet.com for further information.
May 1,
2005 ..Syracuse Gem & Mineral Society....Auburn,NY......hillside
overlooking Owasco Lake for Devoian fossils. 2:00 PM. Contact Tim Hart at
timhart@a-znet.com
for further information.
May 1, 2005.....Capital District.... Ravena, NY....... for quartz & calcite xls limit 30 people, working quarry rules. Sorry no one under 12. No facilities. Contact phartig@nycap.rr.com for details.
May 14 & 15, 2005 .. Fulton County …Weekend combo trip. See details below. Contact phartig@nycap.rr.com for details.
DATE CHANGE!!!!!
May 14, 2005.......Fulton County........ St. Lawrence Co., N.Y..…Private property for quartz, barite & hematite. An old hematite prospect that has been very lightly collected on. Small donation ($2) requested. No facilities. Contact phartig@nycap.rr.com for details.
May 14, 2005 ….Fulton County ….. Star Lake, N.Y. Evening dig for fluorescents. Contact phartig@nycap.rr.com for details.
May 15, 2005........Fulton County.... Star Lake, N.Y........Huge, old iron mine with associated minerals. Sunstone feldspar, large mica, garnet, smoky quartz, apatite, fluorite, tourmaline, molybdenite, sillimanite, etc.. on large pegmatite boulders. No facilities. Contact phartig@nycap.rr.com for details.
May 28, 2005........Capital District.... Roxbury, Ct....... garnet, easily found, loose or matrix. No facilities. Contact phartig@nycap.rr.com for details.
May 28, 2005...... North Shore Rock and Mineral Club……Fonda, New York..... Hickory Hill Diggings for herkimer diamonds. Contact Joe Grace at boyntotl@comcast.net for further information.
June 3, 2005...Syracuse Gem & Mineral Society....St. Johnsville, NY ..... Crystal Grove Diamond Mine for Herkimer Diamonds. 11:30 AM. Contact Tim Hart at timhart@a-znet.com for further information.
June 11, 2005.......Capital District.....DATE CHANGE... HUDSON, N.Y.…Fossils – shells, coral, crinoids, trilobites. Working quarry rules. No facilities. Contact phartig@nycap.rr.com for details.
June 11, 2005........Worcester Mineral Club........Chester Emery Mine.....Chester, MA...... Margarite, Magnetite, Diaspore.... Contact; http://worcestermineralclub.org/ or delsjohn@aol.com.
June 18, 2005…. St. Lawrence County Rock and Mineral Club…… the Powers Farm for the black tourmaline. Contact Bill or JoAnna deLorraine at wdellie@verizon.net.
July 9, 2005….. North Shore Rock and Mineral Club….. Chester Massachusetts….. Melvin and Old Emery Mines for margarite, corundum, hornblend. Magnetite. Contact Joe Grace at boyntotl@comcast.net for further information.
July 16, 2005….. St. Lawrence County Rock and Mineral Club…… to Wolf Rd. Edwards for diopside, tremolite, feldspar. Contact Bill or JoAnna deLorraine at wdellie@verizon.net.
July 31, 2005……North Shore Rock and Mineral Club…… Swiftwater New Hampshire….. Wild Ammonoosuc gold panning. Contact Joe Grace at boyntotl@comcast.net for further information.
August 20, 2005....... Worcester Mineral Club.......VAG
Mine........ Eden Mills, VT.........Vesuvianite, garnet, diopside,
Serpentine, Contact;
http://worcestermineralclub.org/
or
delsjohn@aol.com.
August 20,
2005.......Fulton County........ St.
Lawrence Co., N.Y..…Private property for quartz, barite & hematite. An
old hematite prospect that has been very lightly collected on. Small
donation ($2) requested. No facilities. Contact
phartig@nycap.rr.com
for details. August 20, 2005
….Fulton County ….. Star
Lake, N.Y. Evening dig for fluorescents. Contact
phartig@nycap.rr.com
for details.
August 21,
2005........Fulton County.... Star Lake,
N.Y. .......Huge, old iron mine with associated minerals. Sunstone
feldspar, large mica, garnet, smoky quartz, apatite, fluorite,
tourmaline, molybdenite, sillimanite, etc.. on large pegmatite
boulders. No facilities. Contact
phartig@nycap.rr.com
for details. August 27 & 28 2005..... Saco Valley Gem & Mineral Club .....Eden
Mills, Vt (Belvedere Mtn. Mines) aka Vermont Asbestos Group- Over 60
different mineral species (see midat.org) especially gemmy grossular
garnets, actinolite, clinozoisite, epidote, vesuvianite etc. Gates open
at 8AM- Small fee ($5.) may be required to offset entrance charge to our
club. Contact Bob York at
quartzhunter@aol.com for more details.
August 27, 2005….
St. Law. Co. Rock and Mineral Club……
the Powers Farm
for the black tourmaline. Contact Bill or JoAnna deLorraine at
wdellie@verizon.net.
September 10, 2005.....Fulton County.... TENTATIVE ….Crystal Grove, St. Johnsville, NY....... for Herkimer Diamond quartz xls & calcite xls. Possible swap and dig. Camping available. See www.crystalgrove.com for more info. $7 a day dig fee. Contact phartig@nycap.rr.com for details.
October 2, 2005....... Saco Valley Gem & Mineral Club .....Moat Mountain, Albany, NH- Smoky quartz, microcline, danalite, fluorite, topaz. Meet at National Forest Mineral Parking area for Moat Mtn. at 8AM directions (including name & phone number of trip leader) will be posted on the SVG&M club web site. Contact Bob York at quartzhunter@aol.com for more details.
October 8,
2005.....Lapidary & Mineral Society of Central CT.....Clark
Hill Quarries, East Hampton, CT
for pegmatite minerals in dumps or outcrops (beryl, almandine,
ferrocolumbite, muscovite, mica/feldspar psuedomorphs after schorl, etc.)
9AM-4PM. See http://WWW.LMSCC.ORG for details, no need to coordinate, club
will have necessary permit, just show up!
October 22, 2005...Mineralogical and Lapidary
Society of Raritan Valley, NJ.... north of
Lancaster, PA....Calcite, Quartz, Dolomite, Sphalerite.... 9 AM - Contact
field trip coordinator, Dave Rieur @ (908) 938-5525, no e-mail, for meeting
place.
October 29, 2005...Mineralogical and Lapidary
Society of Raritan Valley, NJ......Stanhope,
NJ....Calcite, pyrite, hedenbergite, apatite, graphite, zircon, stilbite,
amphibole, pyroxene....9 AM - Contact field trip coordinator, Dave Rieur @
(908) 938-5525, no e-mail, for meeting place.
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