2010 FIELD TRIPS

All field trips on the EFTA Field Trip Itinerary list are open to members of any of the EFTA clubs unless specified otherwise. To book a place on a trip a club member must make the request through the Trip Listing contact person. (This policy was approved by an almost unanimous vote of the EFTA Club member FT Coordinators in 2008.) The club member must follow all directions and deadline requirements in the Trip Listing, and they must have the specific permission of the Hosting Club prior to attending any EFTA trip. Hosting clubs retain all rights to limit or restrict trip attendance. See the Bi-Laws for more information, detailed on the EFTA Rules page.

THE 2o10 field trip itineraRY

August 7.....Boston Mineral Club.....Manhan River Lead Mine, Loudville, MA .....for galena, quartz, wulfenite, pyromorphite, cerrusite, and other lead accessory minerals. Contact rocknate@gmail.com by Thursday August 4th for details and to sign up.

August 8, 2010...Capital District Mineral Club...Minerva, NY...Contact trip leader Curtis Breuer 518-494-7538 to register and for more information. Long walk to site - various minerals, some fluorescent, contact metamorphic zone, melted apatite, zircon, dravite, calcite, etc.

August 14, 2010.....North Shore Rock and Mineral Club.... Wild Ammonoosuc River, Bath NH. Tools: Gold pan, sluice, pick, shovel, bucket, collecting bottle, small digging tools, etc. No facilities. Gold flakes and maybe nuggets. Contact joergrace@msn.com for directions.

August 21, 2010...St. Lawrence County Mineral Club... Pierrepont, NY...Power's Farm: during the St. Lawrence County Mineral's Club's 44th Annual Show in Madrid, NY. Leaving our show site at 9:00. Meet at the Community Building at the 2010 Show in Madrid, NY. Anyone wishing to attend any of the above field trips please contact William deLorraine, 315-287-4652 or wdellie@verizon.net.

August 21..Mid-Hudson Valley Gem & Mineral Society…Ilion, NY…to collect aragonite (flowstone). Family friendly. Usually muddy. No facilities. Contact sunstone33@verizon.net for details.

October 2..Raindate Oct 3…Mid-Hudson Valley Gem & Mineral Society….St. Clair, PA… to collect fern fossils. Family friendly. No facilities. Contact sunstone33@verizon.net for details.

October 9 & 10, 2010....Walworth Quarry (Dolomite Products Co.) Open House, 1200 Atlantic Ave, Walworth, NY 14568 Safety Meeting Mandatory - sign in 6:45AM. Well-supervised children allowed. Must have hard hat (children may wear bicycle helmets), safety glasses, sturdy boots, long pants. Minerals to be found - dolomite, fluorite, selenite, sphalerite, celestine, gypsum, and clam, coral, crinoid, stromatolite fossils. For more info: Pat Chapman at batnpill@empacc.net for details

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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.

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COMPLETED FIELD TRIPS FOR 2010

January 4-12, 2010...Rochester Academy of Science Mineral Section... We are fortunate to have our member, Jesse Sackett, leading a field trip to South Carolina & Georgia during the first 2 weeks of January. Replies & all questions, including questions about lodging arrangements and travel coordination with other members, should be directed to Jesse at satchel135@hotmail.com or (585) 406-0938. Please let him know as soon as possible if you think you may be interested in going on all or a portion of this field trip because a head count is required by mine owners.

January 4, 5 & 6 (Mon. - Wed.) -- Diamond Hill Quartz Prospect, Antreville, Abbeville County, South Carolina. This is an excellent site to collect: Amethyst; skeletal, phantom & smoky quartz; encrustation pseudomorphs - quartz after calcite; cacoxenite; microminerals. Fee: $15/day/person; under 12 - $6/day; persons older than age 64 who surface collect only - $6/day. Release of Liability form must be signed.

For more info: www.wncrocks.com/resources/Collecting%20site%20diamondhill55.htm

January 8 & 9 (Fri. & Sat.) -- Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia. Probably the most famous collecting site in Georgia. Minerals that may be found: Kyanite, barite, jarosite, phosphosiderite, variscite, quartzite, quartz, rutile, ilmenite, pyrite, lazulite, pyrophyllite, hematite, geothite, limonite and sulfur. Commercial mine operations have been suspended. Group donation (approx. $15-20/person) to caretaker expected. Bring signed Release of Liability form with you.
For more info: www.wncrocks.com/resources/Collecting%20site%20graves.htm

January 11 & 12 (Mon. & Tues.) -- Jackson Crossroads Amethyst Mine, Tignall, Wilkes County, Georgia. This mine was featured on the Travel Channel's "Cash & Treasures" show for it's excellent amethyst specimens with a "Georgia Blue Flash."   Working mine - main pit is off limits & is roped off for safety. Collecting is allowed in the numerous dump sites. Over age 12 only. Must sign a Release of Liability Waiver Form upon arrival - parent/guardian must sign form for minors. Fee: $25/day/person.

For more info: www.wncrocks.com/resources/Collecting%20site%20jackson%20crossroads.htm

As leader of this trip, Jesse is in charge & will determine PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) necessary at each collecting site. Rules and regulations as explained by each mine caretaker are to be strictly followed or you will be expelled from site.

April 11, 2010.....WayneCo.GMC.... Lords Corners & Fayetteville, NY....... Specimens: Lords Corners - large horn coral, Fayetteville – selenite . No facilities. Contact: Ken Rowe at gotrox88@localnet.com for details.

April 17, 2010...Rochester Academy of Science Mineral Section...St. Johnsville, NY...Crystal Grove Diamond Mine & Campground - 10am-8pm. Herkimer "diamonds". For more info: Valerie Polachak at valp@rochester.rr.com

April 17, 2010...St. Lawrence County Mineral Club... Pierrepont, NY...Power's Farm - Meet at the Meadow's Restaurant Corner of Cty. Rt. 27 & Rt. 25 at 8:00. Departing at 9:00am. Anyone wishing to attend any of the above field trips please contact William deLorraine, 315-287-4652 or wdellie@verizon.net.
April 18, 2010...Orange County Mineral Society...Montague, NJ...Meet at McDonald's rear parking lot on the south side of N.J. Rt. 23 just about a quarter of a mile off N.Y. Rt.6 near Port Jervis. Tools: hammer, chisel, claw, bug spray, and safety equipment. Quartz clusters. Contact Frank Clyne at for more information f.clyne@yahoo.com.

May 8, 2010...Penfield Quarry Open House (Dolomite Products Co.), 746 Whalen Rd., Penfield, NY 14526...6:30am-11:30am. Enter quarry at 7am after signing in & listening to safety talk. Well-supervised children allowed. Must have hard hat (children may wear bicycle helmets), safety glasses, sturdy boots, long pants. Minerals to be found - dolomite, fluorite, selenite, sphalerite, celestine, gypsum, and clam, coral, crinoid, stromatolite fossils. For more info: mineraltrips@rasny.org
May 15, 2010...St. Lawrence County Mineral Club...St. Lawrence County, NY...Bush Farm Meet at the Silver Cent Diner (The old Silver Leaf or long ago it was Turner's Truck stop) Rt. 11 halfway between Gouverneur and Canton, NY 8:00, departing at 9:00am. Anyone wishing to attend any of the above field trips please contact William deLorraine, 315-287-4652 or wdellie@verizon.net.

May 29-30, 2010.....North Shore Rock and Mineral Club.... Fonda NY....... Hickory Hill Diggings..... for “Herkermer Diamonds”... Facilities & Parking next to collecting area. Tools: From hard rock mining (Dolomitic Limestone) heavy sledge & wedges to small raking and digging tools. Fee was $5 last year. Contact joergrace@msn.com for directions.

June 19, 2010…Mid-Hudson Valley Gem & Mineral Society…Roxbury. CT …for almandine garnets in mica schist. Family friendly. Fee Site $3.00 per car. No facilities. Good picnic area, but watch for ticks. Contact sunstone33@verizon.net for details.

June 26.....Boston Mineral Club.... Beryl Hill Quarries, Royalston, MA....... for beryl, quartz, garnet. No facilities. Contact rocknate@gmail.com by Thursday June 24th for details and to sign up.

June 26, 2010....WayneCo.GMC.... Crystal Grove Diamond Mine & Campground, 161 County Highway 114, St. Johnsville, NY 13452 (http://www.crystalgrove.com/Kampgrounds) Specimens: “Herkimer Diamonds” (Quartz Crystals). Also trilobite search at stop near Little Falls.   Contact: Bill Lesniak at dirtman300@aol.com for details.

July 11.....Boston Mineral Club....Green's Farm Garnet Locality, Roxbury, CT ....... for almandine garnet & staurolite in mica schist. Fee of $5.00 per car for parking. Contact rocknate@gmail.com by Thursday July 8th for details and to sign up.

July 24-25, 2010...Capital District Mineral Club...Gouverneur, NY region...Contact trip leader Gerry Pratt 518-392-0453 to register and for more information.

July 31, 2010.....North Shore Rock and Mineral Club.... Chester, Massachusetts     Tools: Dump digging---small raking and digging tools, hammers and chisels, picks and shovels. No facilities. Margarite, and related minerals.   Contact joergrace@msn.com for directions.

July 31, 2010...Capital District Mineral Club...Roxbury, CT...Contact trip leader Gerry Boileau 518-482-0511 to register and for more information. Digging for garnets and staurolite, through hard rock or through dirt.

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