2021 -- CCGC CLASS and FIELD TRIP CALENDAR
You must be a CCGC member to participate in classes or field trips.
Memberships cannot be renewed or obtained the day of the class / field trip. Click here for membership information.
Memberships cannot be renewed or obtained the day of the class / field trip. Click here for membership information.
- Fees are required prior to the event and at the time of sign up. (Cancellations Regrettably are not Refundable)
- There will be a minimum $5 fee plus expenses for all classes
Next Events
Chief Lithium Pegmatite Prospect
July 27, 2021
CCGC is offering a midweek field trip with collecting opportunities, to the Chief Lithium Pegmatite Prospect in the Devils Hole District of Fremont County, on July 28 from 9:00 until late afternoon. The sign up is open until July 27
The meeting point will be the parking area near the toilet at the State OHV Park across the river from Barry's Den at 9:00. Barry's is located in Texas Creek at the intersection of State Hwy 69 and Hwy 50. Cross the Arkansas River at the one lane public bridge on the West side of Barry's Den and proceed down the dirt road to the State OHV Park, not the private ATV rental place across the river but near Barry's Den. We will have the opportunity to collect: black, blue and green tourmaline, cleavelandite, topaz, rose muscovite, beryl, spessarite (a form of garnet), lepidolite, and bronze mica once called Zinnwaldite.
The drive to the collecting area is suitable for stock full size four door 4x4 pickups and mid size trucks. Ground clearance is a must, there are large to very large rocks on the trail. If you don't own a high ground clearance 4x4 or an ATV or side by side, rides will be offered from the meeting point to the collecting site.
There is limited surface collecting at a prospect quarry, but you must dig for treasure! This is an unusually productive remote collecting opportunity that should not be missed. It will be a long day, pack a lunch and your back country skills.
You must be a member of the CCGC to participate, and you must sign in on arrival and agree to obey all CCGC rules and the RMFS code of ethics. Dogs are welcome.
July 27, 2021
CCGC is offering a midweek field trip with collecting opportunities, to the Chief Lithium Pegmatite Prospect in the Devils Hole District of Fremont County, on July 28 from 9:00 until late afternoon. The sign up is open until July 27
The meeting point will be the parking area near the toilet at the State OHV Park across the river from Barry's Den at 9:00. Barry's is located in Texas Creek at the intersection of State Hwy 69 and Hwy 50. Cross the Arkansas River at the one lane public bridge on the West side of Barry's Den and proceed down the dirt road to the State OHV Park, not the private ATV rental place across the river but near Barry's Den. We will have the opportunity to collect: black, blue and green tourmaline, cleavelandite, topaz, rose muscovite, beryl, spessarite (a form of garnet), lepidolite, and bronze mica once called Zinnwaldite.
The drive to the collecting area is suitable for stock full size four door 4x4 pickups and mid size trucks. Ground clearance is a must, there are large to very large rocks on the trail. If you don't own a high ground clearance 4x4 or an ATV or side by side, rides will be offered from the meeting point to the collecting site.
There is limited surface collecting at a prospect quarry, but you must dig for treasure! This is an unusually productive remote collecting opportunity that should not be missed. It will be a long day, pack a lunch and your back country skills.
You must be a member of the CCGC to participate, and you must sign in on arrival and agree to obey all CCGC rules and the RMFS code of ethics. Dogs are welcome.
New Hope Amethyst Claim
Saturday August 14, 2021
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Saturday August 14, 2021
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Coming Events:
July
July
- 17th - Co-sponsored trip with Mile High Rock & Mineral Club (MileHiRAMS) to Lake George area (collecting allowed)
- 21st - New Hope Amethyst Claim
- 28th - Chief Lithium Quarry
- 14th - New Hope Amethyst Claim
- Agate claim in Tarryall (tentative depending on weather)
- Tallahassee Creek Radioactive Petrified Wood/South T-Bar Uranium Mine
- Volcano Caldera near Salida
- Fremont Paving Calcite
- New Hope Amethyst Claim
- Flint Hill
- Leadville Mining Museum + Train
- Indian Springs Trace Fossil Site