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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
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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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