2024 -- 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 are refundable until 24 hours before trip.
- There will be a minimum $5 fee for all classes
Upcoming Field Trips
October 12, 2024 Stratigraphy of the Canon City Embayment
Presented by CCGC member Steve Wolfe
Dress according to weather – layers as needed
Sturdy shoes – some hiking involved. (Easy to moderate depending on your curiosity and ability)
Clip board – for handouts
Water and snacks as needed
Inquiring mind and lots of questions
Stop 1: PCC Fremont Campus parking lot
Meet at 9:30 am
You must be a member of the Canon City Geology Club to sign up for this event, and sign in on arrival. Please note, there will be a printing fee, as yet to be determined, if you don't print or download to your own device the class handouts that I don't have yet.
To sign up for this Field Lecture Series with collecting, please contact Greg Sharp at : [email protected] before October 12.
October 12, 2024 Stratigraphy of the Canon City Embayment
Presented by CCGC member Steve Wolfe
Dress according to weather – layers as needed
Sturdy shoes – some hiking involved. (Easy to moderate depending on your curiosity and ability)
Clip board – for handouts
Water and snacks as needed
Inquiring mind and lots of questions
Stop 1: PCC Fremont Campus parking lot
Meet at 9:30 am
- Handouts
- Review route and stops for the morning
- Set up carpooling if necessary
- What can we see?
- Precambrian-Ordovician contact
- Manitou-Harding-Fremont group
- Ordovician fish scales
- What can we see?
- Ralston Creek-Morrison-Dakota Group
- Dinosaurs and trace fossils
- Sedimentary structures
- 360o panorama - what can we see?
- Carlile-Greenhorn-Graneros Group and fossils
- Niobrara Group (Smoky Hill and Ft. Hays) and fossils
- Pierre Shale -
- What can you see?
- What did you learn?
- Final questions?
You must be a member of the Canon City Geology Club to sign up for this event, and sign in on arrival. Please note, there will be a printing fee, as yet to be determined, if you don't print or download to your own device the class handouts that I don't have yet.
To sign up for this Field Lecture Series with collecting, please contact Greg Sharp at : [email protected] before October 12.
October 26 field trip to the World Famous Mica Lode Quarry
The Mica Lode is well described as part of the Meyers Pegmatite and if you "like" the field trips to the RGRR and its mica beryl quarries, you will "LOVE" the Mica Lode! The list of semi precious minerals available to collect at this quarry is too numerous to list but very similar to the mica beryl quarries at the RGRR except more so. More info available on Mindat on the Mica Lode!
This will be a one day, no fee, no sign up limit event. I have yet to be told how long we can collect, so no meeting point or time is available at this time but will be posted as soon as is know. Any vehicle is fine for this event.
Sorry, no dogs allowed, except Service Dogs specifically trained to assist the dogs owner. There may be special rules for this quarry, and THEY MUST BE FOLLOWED AT ALL TIMES. Off limits is off limits. NO EXCEPTIONS!
To sign up for this unique collecting experience in a World Class pegmatite quarry, please contact Greg Sharp before October 26 at: [email protected]. You must be a member of the Canon City Geology Club to participate in this opportunity, and sign in on arrival.
All quarry rules must be followed!
Other field trips are being considered and will be added to calendar as they are scheduled.