Eastern
Field Trip Alliance
Eastern
Field Trip Alliance
E. F. T.
A.'S 2008 FIELD TRIP ITINERARY
2008
EastERN Field Trip Alliance
Field Trip Itinerary
as of March 10, 2009
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THE 2oo8 field trip itineraRY
COMPLETED FIELD TRIPS FOR 2008
May 17, 2008...St. Lawrence County...Bush Farms in Richville, NY...brown tourmaline, tremolite. No facilities. Meet at Silver Leaf Diner, Rt. 11 at 8am if interested in attending.
May 24- 26, 2008. North Shore Rock and Mineral Club. Hickory Hill, Fonda New York. Herkimer "Diamonds". Facilities & Camping/RV's. Tools- from hard rock mining- dolomitic limestone, heavy sledges and wedges to small raking and digging tools. Parking next to site. Contact Joe Grace at joergrace@msn.com
May 24, 2008....Capital District Mineral Club...Schoharie, NY...for small pyrite nodules. No facilities. Contact Bob at phartig@nycap.rr.com or 518-842-5948.
May 24- 26, 2008. North Shore Rock and Mineral Club. Hickory Hill, Fonda New York. Herkimer "Diamonds". Facilities & Camping/RV's. Tools- from hard rock mining- dolomitic limestone, heavy sledges and wedges to small raking and digging tools. Parking next to site. Contact Joe Grace at joergrace@msn.com
May 31, 2008...Boston Mineral Club...Morning to early afternoon: Beryl Hill, Royalston, MA...for beryl and other simple pegmatite minerals. Mid-afternoon to dusk: Shaft 10, Hardwick, MA for micro epidote, babingtonite, fluorite, apophyllite, etc. Contact Nate Martin at rocknate@gmail.com to register.
May 31, 2008.....Lapidary & Mineral
Society of Central Connecticut.... Roxbury,
CT....... Green’s Farm (Roxbury) Garnet Mine for almandine and staurolite
crystals. Pits are behind the yard of a private home, pay $2 at the house and
please be on your best behavior! Tons of garnets in schist and soil. Good place
for kids, some steep terrain though. Bring hammers, chisels, sifters, sturdy
shoes and eye protection. No facilities. See maps and written directions at
http://groups.msn.com/rocksmineralscollectingtrading/diggnmaps.msnw.
May
31, 2008, 10 a.m........ Berks Mineralogical Society...........C&D
Canal, Delaware for fossils...... start, all day, open to 15 people. Parking
is abundant. Please note. This trip is tentatively proposed as a Memorial Day
picnic for the BMS as well. I welcome outside EFTA members to join us, but ask
that food be brought to share, preferably one side dish and one two liter type
drink. Contact Dean Evans, at insect@ptd.net. Registration is now open for
any listed trip.
Registrations for any trip closes the Saturday before the planned trip. No
exceptions.
June 7-8, 2008 Orange County Mineral Society Annual Swap and Sell 10am-4pm 1010 Rt. 17M, Monroe, NY 10950 Contact: 845-782-8247 www.museumvillage.org Rain or Shine Adults $3/Children and Seniors $2
June 21st- SVMC- Moat Mtn.-Conway, NH-- Smoky quartz, microcline, albite, topaz, fluorite-standard digging tools and/or hard rock (wedges & sledges & safety glasses)- no facilities- Contact Bob York (quartzhunter@aol.com)
June 21- 22, 2008. North Shore Rock and Mineral Club. Wild Ammonoosuc River, Bath NH. Gold panning. No facilities. Tools- gold pan, shovels, picks small hand tools, bucket and classifier, etc. Possible side trip to Pearl Lake for garnets. Parking next to site. Contact Joe Grace at joergrace@msn.com
June 21, 2008...St. Lawrence County... Pitcarin, NY... Diopside, albite, wollastonite, calcite, titanite, Meet at Tripps Diner in Balmat, NY at 8:00am if interested in attending
June 21, 2008.....Pennsylvania Earth Science Association.........7:30am - Kurtz Quarry (Martin Limestone) - meet at quarry entrance/parking lot, contact - Mike Rose @ 570-595-3787 or e-mail to poconorose@peoplepc.com
June. 28....Boston Mineral Club....Chickering Mine, Walpole, NH for green to blue tourmaline (large opaque crystals), spodumene, columbite, cassiterite, beryl, apatite, childrenite, heterosite, lepidolite, purpurite, siderite, strunzite, triphylite, uraninite and zircon. Must register by 21 June with Nate Martin rocknate@gmail.com
July 4-6, 2008...Rochester Lapidary Society...Ontario, Canada weekend. Multiple sites/various minerals. Must register by June 4, 2008. Contact Cindi at kcnewman@frontiernet.net.
July 6th, 2008.......New Haven Mineral Club........CCC Quarry- Sunday Haddam, CT.,....... Pegmatite Hours 8am-4pm....We do require all persons other than New Haven Mineral Club Members register either by (e-mail, ground mail or phone), with the Chair at least Two weeks prior to dates of field trips. Directions and other instructions will be provided at that time. Contact Art Doyle 203 795 4527 E-Mail adoyle@crofut.com
July 13, 2008. North Shore Rock and Mineral Club. Betts manganese Mine, Plainfield MA. for rhododenite. Dump digging. Tools- hammer, chisel, shovel, pick, small hand tools. Parking near site. $5.00 fee. Contact Joe Grace at joergrace@msn.com.
July 19, 2008... Wayne County Gem & Min. Club......Alasa Farm & Chimney Bluffs State Park- Sodus, NY. -Alasa Farm- Fossils ( Pentamerus & other brachiopods, graptolites, crinoids) Chimney Bluffs – A variety of rock from Drumlin along Ontario shoreline & unique geologic feature. No facilities. Contact Bill at dirtman300@aol.com or 315-483-8061
July 19th- SVMC- Lord Hill Quarry- Stoneham, ME- Smoky quartz, topaz, hydroxyl herderite, ball mica, phenakite--standard "dump digging" tools no facilities-- Contact Bob York (quartzhunter@aol.com)
July 26, 2008....... Wayne County Gem & Min. Club .........Cole Hill - Sangerfield, NY Specimens: fossils – brachiopods, trilobites, etc. Contact: Bill Chapman at batnpill@empacc.net or 607-868-4649
August 16 & 17, 2008...Rochester Academy of Science Mineral Section...Lewis & St. Lawrence Counties for albite, calcite, diopside, fluorapatite, talc, titanite, unakite, uvite, wollastonite. No facilities. Limit 10 EFTA. Contact mineraltrips@rasny.org for more details.
August 16, 2008...Mid-Hudson Gem and Mineral...Ilion, NY...fluorescent & phosphorescent travertines. No age restriction. No facilities. Contact Carolyn Reynard at sunstone3@hvc.rr.com for directions and further instructions.
August 23, 2008…St. Lawrence County Gem and Mineral…Bowers Powers Farm for Uvite, quartz, apatite. Meet at St. Lawrence County Gem and Mineral Show, Canton Sportsman Club, Gouverneur, NY at 9am to sign up. Contact Bill at wdellie@northnet.org.
Sept 13th, 2008...New Haven Mineral Club... Clark Hill Quarries, East Hampton, CT Pegmatite Hours 8am-4pm We do require all persons other than New Haven Mineral Club Members register either by (e-mail, ground mail or phone), with the Chair at least Two weeks prior to dates of field trips. Directions and other instructions will be provided at that time. Contact Art Doyle 203 795 4527 E-Mail adoyle@crofut.com
September 14th- SVMC- Hurricane Mtn.- N. Conway, NH- Smoky quartz, amethyst, microcline, zircon, arfvedsonite, riebeckite- standard "dump digging" tools, plus crack hammers & chisels for working granite decomposing ledges- no facilities-- contact Bob York (quartzhunter@aol.com)
September 20, 2008........ Berks Mineralogical Society...........Burkholders Quarry, Lancaster County, PA........ start time 7:30 a.m. meet time, 8 am to 12 pm dig time. Limit 5 people. Contact Dean Evans, at insect@ptd.net. Registration is now open for any listed trip. Registrations for any trip closes the Saturday before the planned trip. No exceptions.
Sept. 27, 2008...Capital District Mineral Club...Hooper Mine, N. River, NY...garnet nodules and matrix. No facilities. Contact Bob at phartig@nycap.rr.com or 518-842-5948 for details.
Oct. 11 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM and Oct. 12 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM........Walworth, NY Dolomite Products Quarry Open House for Mineral Collecting ....1200 Atlantic Ave., Walworth, NY (east of Rochester, NY)
Hard hats, steel toed shoes, eye protection are required. Gas saws and drills are allowed. Supervised children are permitted. Must sign in at garage.
Suggested time of arrival is 6:30AM as they have been known to let us in earlier than 7:00 AM.
Late arrivals are tolerated - Must sign in at garage.
New York State Thruway (Rte. 90) to Route 390 N to 590 N
· Exit onto and follow Browncroft Road (286) East (it becomes Atlantic)
· Pass Route 250. Will see large blue water tower on Right at top of hill
· Turn Left at the water tower: Quarry driveway is on the Right.
Expect to find minerals: Fluorite, calcite, dolomite, selenite, sphalerite, celestite.
October 11, 2008...Lapidary & Mineral Society of Central CT...CCC Quarry- Haddam, CT... Pegmatites with beryl, columbite, schorl. Hours 8am-4pm...No facilities. No need to contact club; map and details are at http://www.lmscc.org/CCCQuarry.htm Note: Beaver Meadow Road is exit 8 off Route 9, not exit 7.
Oct. 11, 12, 13....Boston Mineral Club....Eureka and Columbia Mines, Marion, KY....Eureka Mine for lilac to dark purple fluorite in sharp cubes and complex step-face crystals plus associated galena, smithsonite & calcite crystals, Columbia Mine for fluorite, galena, sphalerite, smithsonite, hydrozincite and bright multi-colored fluorescent minerals, plus optional visit to Ben Clement Mineral Museum. Contact Nate Martin at rocknate@gmail.com to register.
Oct. 11 & 12, 2008.....Wayne Co. Gem & Mineral Club.... Dolomite Quarry, Walworth, NY……for fluorite, sphalerite, calcite & quartz xls Sat. hours are 7AM – 2PM. Sun. hours are 7AM –Noon. No limit to # attending. Notify me 2 weeks in advance if possible so the quarry may be notified of our numbers. We've been invited to attend. If unable to give advance notice, come anyway. Things will work out. Working quarry rules. No one under 12 without supervision. Bathroom facilities available. Contact Bill Chapman at batnpill@empacc.net for details.
Oct. 11 & 12 ....Wayne Co. Gem & Mineral ...Newark, NY. The Wheatons have moved into a single story apartment and the club has offered to help them dispose of their 30 year old rock and mineral collection, 100's or better yet 1000's of samples will be on sale, many for as little as a $1.00 a piece & $1.00/lb. At Ken Rowe's - 580 Rte 88 S. (2 miles south of Newark, NY) 9AM-6PM. Contact: Ken Rowe at gotrox88@yahoo.com for more info. Or check at http://wcgmc.org
Harvest Dinner 6pm at the Sale on Saturday at Ken Rowe's - donations encouraged.Oct 12th, 2008...New Haven Mineral Club....Case Quarries Portland, CT Pegmatite Hours 8am-4pm We do require all persons other than New Haven Mineral Club Members register either by (e-mail, ground mail or phone), with the Chair at least Two weeks prior to dates of field trips. Directions and other instructions will be provided at that time. Contact Art Doyle 203 795 4527 E-Mail adoyle@crofut.com
October.......... Berks Mineralogical Society......... Mount Pleasant Mills Quarry, Juniata County, PA, .......... Proposed. If approved, exact date and info to be posted at such time. Contact Dean Evans, at insect@ptd.net. Registration is now open for any listed trip. Registrations for any trip closes the Saturday before the planned trip. No exceptions
November 1, 2008...Lapidary & Mineral Society of Central CT...Case Quarries - Portland, CT... Pegmatites with beryl, garnet, columbite, schorl. Hours 8am-4pm...No facilities. No need to contact club; map and details are at http://www.lmscc.org/case.htm
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