March 10-11       LMSCC Show, Meriden, CT    Meriden
March 17
March 18
March 24-25       Western Mass. Show, Holyoke, MA - www.cvmineralclub.org
March 25             Simpson Quarry, So. Glastonbury, CT    New Haven    
March 31-April 1    New Haven Club Show - www.newhavenmineralclub.org    
April 7-8             [Easter weekend]
April 14              Green’s Farm Garnet Mine, Roxbury, CT     Bristol
April 14              Mineral Auction 1 to 5 PM, Warwick RI, see http://rimh.us/ for details
April 14              Milford Earth Day Eisenhower Park. Milford CT  rock swap  New Haven
April 15              Green’s Farm Garnet Mine, Roxbury, CT    New Haven
April 19-22         Rochester Mineral Symposium - www.rasny.org/MineralSymp.htm
April 21               Case Quarries, Portland, CT*    Meriden
April 22
April 28              Delaware Valley Earth Science Society - Super Diggg at Sterling Hill Mining Museum
                            9 AM to 11 PM – preregister for dig and special mine tour at www.uvworld.org        
April 29              Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ – Public collecting - Fill quarry and Passaic pit areas**
April 28-29         New Jersey Earth Science Society - Franklin, NJ show
                            Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ Mineral gem & mineral garage sale
May 5
May 6
May 5-6           North Shore club show – www.nahant.com
May 12            CCC Quarries, Haddam, CT *    Bristol
May 12            Fossil Discovery Center dig at Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ**
May 12-13      Herkimer weekend at the club claims in Fonda.  The Schusters will be there to orient new people to
                        collecting herks for members of the Bristol or Meriden clubs.            
May 19           Newry Mines, Newry, Maine - Sponsored by the Maine Geological Survey
                        Lottery sign-up period: April 2-8, 2012 – You MUST sign up using their web site***
May 20    
May 26-28      [Memorial Day weekend]
May 27           Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ – Public collecting - Fill quarry and Passaic pit areas** New Haven
June 2             Clark Hill Quarries, E. Hampton, CT *    Meriden
June 3
June 9            Fossil Discovery Center dig at Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ **    
June 9            Kent sale and swap - www.ctamachinery.com/MiningMuseumPage.html
June 10    
June 16    
June 16          Newry Mines, Newry, Maine - Sponsored by the Maine Geological Survey
                      Lottery sign-up period: April 23-29, 2012 – You MUST sign up using their web site***
June 16          Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ, Night collecting (6-10PM) for Museum members only.**
June 17
June 23          West Redding, CT garnet locality (pending owner approval)    New Haven
June 23          Fossil Discovery Center dig at Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ **
June 24
June 24          Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ – Public collecting - Fill quarry and Passaic pit areas**
June 23-24     Gilsum, NH sale & swap - gilsum.org/rockswap.aspx
June 30          Case Quarries, Portland, CT*    Bristol
July 1     
July 7
July 8
July 14  
July 14            Fossil Discovery Center dig at Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ **
July 15
July 14-15       Western Maine Show - http://www.oxfordcountymineralandgemassociation.blogspot.com/
July 21    
July 22            CCC Quarries, Haddam, CT *    New Haven
July 28            Fossil Discovery Center dig at Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ **
July 29            Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ – Public collecting - Fill quarry and Passaic pit areas**
July 29            Multi-Club picnic/swap, Woodtick Recreation Pavilion, Wolcott  12:00 to 5:00
July 28-29       Champlain Valley Show - http://www.burlingtongemandmineralclub.org/
August 4    
August 5
August 11
August 11         Fossil Discovery Center dig at Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ **
August 12

August 10-12   West Springfield, MA show - www.mzexpos.com/eastcoast.htm
August 18        Newry Mines, Newry, Maine - Sponsored by the Maine Geological Survey
                        Lottery sign-up period: April 30 - May 6 – You MUST sign up using their web site***
August 19       Green's garnet mine Roxbury CT   New Haven Club
August 25
August 25      Fossil Discovery Center dig at Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ**
August 26      Old Mine Park, Trumbull, CT    New Haven
August 26      Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ – Public collecting - Fill quarry and Passaic pit areas**
Sept. 1-3        [Labor Day Weekend]
Sept. 8            Fossil Discovery Center dig at Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ **
Sept. 8            Palermo Mine, North Groton, NH - Sponsored by the Maine Geological Survey
                       Lottery sign-up period: May 7-13 – You MUST sign up using their web site***
Sept. 8-9         Danbury Club Show - www.danburymineralogicalsociety.org

Sept. 15           CCC Quarries, Haddam, CT *    Meriden
Sept. 16
Sept. 15-16    Mid-Hudson Valley Show, Rhinebeck, NY - http://mhvgms.org/
Sept. 22
Sept. 23         Clark Hill Quarries, E. Hampton, CT *    New Haven
    
Sept. 29-30    Franklin, NJ show/Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ gem & mineral garage sale
                      Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ – Public collecting - Fill quarry and Passaic pit areas**
Oct. 6
Oct. 6          Fossil Discovery Center dig at Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ **
Oct. 7
Oct. 13        Clark Hill Quarries, E. Hampton, CT *    Bristol
Oct. 14        Case Quarries, Portland, CT*          New Haven
Oct. 20        Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ, Night collecting (6-10PM) for Museum members only. **
Oct. 20-21   Bristol club show - bristolgem.org    
Oct. 27        Ultraviolation - Fluorescent Mineral Show, Fair Hills, PA
Oct. 28         Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ – Public collecting - Fill quarry and Passaic pit areas**
Oct. 27-28    Rhode Island club show – www.rimh.us
Nov. 3
Nov. 4
Nov. 3-4       Stamford club show - www.stamfordmineralsociety.org
Nov. 10        Fossil Discovery Center dig at Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ **
Nov. 11    
Nov. 10-11    New York City Fall Gem & Mineral Show
Nov. 17-18    Worcester club show - www.worcestermineralclub.org
Nov. 22-25    [Thanksgiving Weekend]
Nov. 25          Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ – Public collecting - Fill quarry and Passaic pit areas**


Host Club contact info:

BRISTOL, CT   MANCHESTER, CT  MERIDEN, CT   Harold Moritz  fritzandsheila@pobox.com (860) 873-3957

NEW HAVEN, CT    Art Doyle adoyle@crofut.com (203) 795-4527

*Limit on DEP permit trips is 25 participants, contact the host club to sign up.

Case Quarries info - www.lmscc.org/case.htm
CCC Quarries info - www.lmscc.org/CCCQuarry.htm
Clark Hill Quarries info - www.lmscc.org/clark_hill.htm


** The Sterling Hill Mining Museum in Ogdensburg, NJ (sterlinghillminingmuseum.org/visitor/schedule.php) is open to collecting daily on the Mine Run dump, 10 AM. – 3 PM, and on the last Sunday of each month in the Fill quarry and Passaic pit areas also, 9 AM-3 PM. Collecting fees: $5 admission plus $1.50/lb for all material taken.  Also the nearby Franklin Mineral Museum ($7 admission, www.franklinmineralmuseum.com) is open daily April through November, Monday through Friday 10 AM – 4 PM. Saturdays 10 AM – 5 PM and Sundays 11 AM -5 PM.  Collecting available daily for another $7 (combined with admission $12), plus $1.50 per pound.

*** Maine Geological Survey field trips: http://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/explore/minerals/fieldtrips/fieldtrips.htm
You can link to it from www.lmscc.org by scrolling to the bottom of the page and clicking on their logo.