BC Wagonmaster Field Trips for 2012


Check out the Tools page for a description of the tools needed for many of the field trips

Field Trip: Agate, Jasper, Sillimanite, Serpentine

Field Trip: 

Yale Bar

Leader: 

Harley Waterson, phone: (604) 590-3289

Date & Time: 

Sunday, February 12, 2012 @ 9:00 a.m.

Meeting Place: 

Bridal Falls Coffee Shop

Tools: 

Rock hammer, gloves, goggles, warm layered clothing and hiking boots

Material: 

Agate, jasper, sillimanite, serpentine, rarely but possible jade

Field Trip: Petrified Wood, Agate, Jasper, Serpentine, Sillimanite

Field Trip: 

Hamilton Bar

Leader: 

Jean Dyck, phone: (604) 852-2735

Date & Time: 

Sunday, February 26, 2012  @ 9:00 a.m.

Meeting Place: 

Sasquatch Inn 

Tools: 

Rock hammer, gloves, goggles, warm layered clothing and hiking boots 

Material: 

Petrified wood, agate, jasper, serpentine, sillimanite

Field Trip: Buchia, Belemnites

Field Trip: 

West side of Harrison Lake (permission given for this group to go on claim)

Leader: 

Gord Pinder, phone: (604) 556-6489

Date & Time: 

Sunday, April 21, 2012 @ 9:00 a.m.

Meeting Place: 

Sasquatch Inn 

Tools: 

Rock hammer, goggles, tissue, newspaper boxes to protect fossils

Material: 

Buchia (clam shell fossils), belemnites


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

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



For those of you who subscribe to Rock and Gem Magazine, the March edition had an article about collecting carnelian on Weyerhaeuser lands in Washington, at a location called “Lucas Creek”. Please note that this area is closed to collecting, and Weyerhaeuser has posted the area. Newsstand editions may not have this article.

Please see the above Mineral Council web site for other trips to collect carnelian.

As always, US rockhounds in good standing are always welcome to join BC Wagonmaster trips, rendezvous, and the Summer Camp!

Submitted by Harley Waterson, BC Wagonmasters

US Wagonmaster trip info at:  http://www.mineralcouncil.org/

If you would like to get onto their e-mail distribution, just send a message to Glenn Morita at: gmorita@seanet.com

Travelling elsewhere? Check for local shows at:
http://www.rockngem.com/showdates.asp


ALWAYS CALL TO CONFIRM TRIPS. SEE CONTACT LIST BELOW



BC Wagonmasters - Harley Waterson: harley.waterson@hp.com

Lapidary Society of B.C. has a web site at http://www.lapidary.bc.ca/

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