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Wagonmasters' Fieldtrips
2012


Field Trip: Rendezvous

Field Trip: 

Clearwater, BC

Date:

May 18 to 21, 2012

Information: 

For more information, please visit Rendezvous.

Field Trip: Garnets, Galena Crystals

Field Trip: 

East side of Harrison Lake

Leader: 

Cam Bacon, phone: (604) 854-1711

Date & Time: 

Sunday, June 3 , 2012 @ 9:00 a.m.

Meeting Place: 

Happy Prospector
3005 Hot Springs Road
Agassiz, BC

Tools: 

Rock hammer, goggles, tissue, newspaper boxes to protect garnets and crystals. High clearance.

Material: 

Garnets, galena crystals in quartz

Field Trip: Black Tusk Chlorite Crystals

Field Trip: 

Near Whistler

Leader: 

Cam Bacon, phone: (604) 854-1711

Date & Time: 

Sunday, July 8, 2012 @ 10:00 a.m.

Meeting Place: 

A&W Restaurant
Squamish Station, 1200 Hunter Place
Squamish, BC

Tools: 

Rock hammer, goggles, tissue, newspaper boxes to protect crystals. Hard rock mining.

Material: 

Black Tusk chlorite coated crystals

Field Trip: Summer Camp

Field Trip: 

Creston, BC

Date:

August 5 to 12 , 2012

Information: 

For more information, please visit Summer Camp.

Field Trip: Exploratory - Opal, Agate

Field Trip: 

Nicauman

Leader: 

To be determine

Date & Time: 

Sunday, September 9, 2012 @ 10:00 a.m.

Meeting Place: 

Husky Gas Station
48165 Trans-Canada Hwy
Boston Bar, BC

Tools: 

Rock hammer, chisels, goggles, tissue, newspaper boxes to protect crystals.

Material: 

Opal, red skinned agate

ALWAYS CALL THE TRIP LEADER THE DAY BEFORE TO ENSURE THE TRIP IS GOING, AND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO OTHER CHANGES

For all of the above trips, all club members are welcome, including our rockhound friends from the US! For updated information, please visit the Lapidary Society of BC.

Remember to bring a lunch and water on all field trips. Ensure your vehicle has a full tank of gas.

As always, any US rockhounds in good standing with their clubs are invited to join our field trips!

Washington State Mineral Council offers some great trips, just across the border: Washington State Mineral Council


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