LOCAL FIELD TRIP & EVENT SCHEDULE 2015.4.27

(subject to change – confirmed dates in black, tentative dates in red)

DATE EVENT DETAILS HOST CLUB

March 21 Braen Quarry, Cork Hill Road, Franklin, NJ (must be a member of FOMS) 9-12AM meet at quarry

March 28-29 Western Mass Mineral Jewelry & Fossil Show www.westernmassmineralshow.com

April 4

April 5

April 11-12 New Haven Mineral Club Show, Amity Middle School, Orange www.newhavenmineralclub.org

April 10-12 New York/New Jersey Gem & Mineral Show ny-nj-gemshow.com/

April 12 Ace of Diamonds, NY meet at entrance 9:30AM Contact Ira Lewis magoosden@aol.com MHVGMS

April 18 CCC Quarries, Haddam, CT Bristol

Rhode Island club Auction. www.rimh.us/

Taylor Rd. site, Franklin, NJ (must be a member of FOMS) 9-12AM meet at Franklin Mineral Museum

April 18-19 Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Show. mainemineralclub.org/show

April 24-26 Rochester Mineral Symposium - www.rasny.org/MineralSymp.htm

April 25 Geological Society of Conn. field trip: shoreline geology. www.geologicalsocietyct.org/

April 25-26 New Jersey Earth Science Society - Franklin, NJ show & Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ garage sale

All weekend events listed at: sterlinghillminingmuseum.org/visitor/schedule.php

April 25 Delaware Valley Earth Science Assoc. - Super Dig at Sterling Hill Mining Museum

9 AM to 11 PM – preregister for dig and special mine tour at www.uvworld.org

Banquet & Auction, Geotech Center at Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ 5:30-9 PM

April 26 Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ – Public collecting - Fill quarry and Passaic pit areas*

May 2-3 North Shore club show – www.northshorerock.org/our-show/

May 8-10 New England Mineral Conference. www.nemineralconference.org/nema/Welcome.html

May 9 CCC Quarries, Haddam, CT Meriden

May 11 New Haven Mineral Club Annual Mineral Auction, 7:30PM, Public is Welcome - Free Admission
Veterans Memorial Building, Brooksvale Park, Hamden, CT, 06518. www.newhavenmineralclub.org/

May 16-17 Fonda claims opening weekend (host club members only in the claims) Meriden/Bristol

May 16 B. Nicoll Quarry, 12 Cork Hill Road, Franklin, NJ (must be a member of FOMS) 9-12 contact FOMS for details.

May 17 Simpson Quarry, South Glastonbury, CT New Haven

May 23

May 24 Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ – Public collecting - Fill quarry and Passaic pit areas*

May 30 Clark Hill Quarries, E. Hampton, CT Meriden

May 31 CCC Quarries, Haddam, CT New Haven

June 6-7 Orange County Mineral Society Mineral Show, Swap and Sell at Museum Village, Monroe, NY

www.orangecountymineralsocietynewyork.com

June 6 Night fluorescent mineral dig at Buckwheat Dump, Franklin Mineral Museum, NJ. Open to the public – 7-10PM

June 7

June 13 Kent, CT show - www.ctamachinery.com/MiningMuseumPage.html

June 14

June 20 Hamburg Quarry of Eastern Concrete Materials, Inc., Cork Hill Rd., Franklin, NJ (must be a member of FOMS) on

Route 23 just north of Hamburg. Meet at the Scale House to sign releases. 9-12AM.

Night fluorescent mineral dig at Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ. 6-10PM Museum members only.*

Micromounters of New England symposium. www.micromountersofnewengland.org

June 21

June 27-28 Gilsum, NH sale & swap – www.gilsum.org/rockswap.aspx

June 27 Case Quarries, Portland, CT Meriden

June 28 Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ – Public collecting - Fill quarry and Passaic pit areas*

July 4-5 Independence Day Weekend

July 11-12

July 18-19 Herkimer, NY show www.herkimergemshow.com

July 19

July 25

July 26 Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ – Public collecting - Fill quarry and Passaic pit areas*

August 1

August 2 Manhan Lead Mines, Loudville, MA Multi-club

August 7-9 West Springfield, MA show - www.mzexpos.com/eastcoast.htm

August 15

August 16 Multi-Club picnic/swap, Woodtick Recreation Pavilion, Wolcott 12:00 to 5:00

August 22 Old Mine Park, Trumbull, CT Multi-club

August 23 Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ – Public collecting - Fill quarry and Passaic pit areas*

August 29

August 30

Sept. 12 Case Quarries, Portland, CT Bristol

Sept. 12-13 Danbury Club Show - http://danburymineralogicalsociety.weebly.com

Sept. 19-20 Mid-Hudson Valley Show, Poughkeepsie, NY - mhvgms.org/

Sept. 20 Clark Hill Quarries, E. Hampton, CT New Haven

Sept. 26

Sept. 26-27 Franklin, NJ show/Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ – gem & mineral garage sale,

Public collecting - Fill quarry and Passaic pit areas*

Oct. 3

Oct. 4

Oct. 9-11 New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, Wesleyan U., Middletown, CT

w3.salemstate.edu/~lhanson/NEIGC/Conference.html

Oct. 10 Clark Hill Quarries, E. Hampton, CT Bristol

Oct. 11 Case Quarries, Portland, CT New Haven

Oct. 17 Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ, Night collecting (6-10PM) for Museum members only.*

Oct. 17-18 Bristol club show - bristolgem.org

Oct. 24

Oct. 25 Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ – Public collecting - Fill quarry and Passaic pit areas*

Oct. 24-25

Nov. 7-8  New York City Fall Gem & Mineral Show www.excaliburmineral.com/shows.htm

Nov 7 - 8 Stamford Mineral Club 27th Annual Show  Eastern Greenwich Civic Center, 90 Harding Road, Greenwich, CT

Nov. 14

Nov. 15

Nov. 21

Nov. 22

Nov. 29 Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Ogdensburg, NJ – Public collecting - Fill quarry and Passaic pit areas*

Nov. 27-30 [Thanksgiving Weekend]

Dec 12  New Haven Mineral Club  Annual Holiday Party  Brooksvale Park Hamden CT 06518

Host Club contact info:

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

NEW HAVEN, CT Ray Meyers raymond.meyers@ct.gov

DANBURY, CT Hank Henning hankhenning@verizon.net (845) 225-7263

MID-HUDSON VALLEY, NY Ira M. Lewis magoosden@aol.com

Case, Clark Hill and CCC Quarries info - www.lmscc.org/Quarries/Quarries.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 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.