Basics
You MUST sign up for field trips on meetup.com or notify the field trip leader to place you on the list. You can use either a computer or cell phone to do this.
To go on a field trip you MUST be a member of the club or a first time guest of a member.
There is a limit of 15 people for each field trip.
If your plans change, notify the field trip leader so someone else can take your place. Accordingly, if the field trip has any changes or is canceled, you will be notified.
Sorry to get all legal, but we need you to sign a Release of Liability form and bring it along on the field trip or leave it at the club house for our files.
For a copy of the form click here GJGMC Release of liability_2024
Preparation
There is not a lot to bring to the museum except maybe a camera and a notepad.
The mountains and the desert are a different story.
For trips designated as Basic, here are some guidelines.
A regular car is OK as long as it is not really low. A full tank of gas is always a good idea.
You can wear shorts and a T-shirt but bring along a long sleeve shirt, long pants, and a jacket. We get big changes in temperature and sometimes high winds.
Food, WATER, at least one gallon per person, rock-hounding tools like a hammer, brushes to clean specimens, gloves, and storage containers for rocks such as cloth bags, buckets, or corrugated boxes or flats.
A first aid kit, clothing appropriate to conditions, maps, sunscreen and bug spray. No sandals!!! Wear hiking boots or very sturdy athletic shoes, hat, gloves, and sunglasses.
A GPS, notebook, camera, and a mineral ID book would be nice but not necessary.
No alcoholic beverages.
Regular or paper towels. Trash bags – Be more than responsible.
Haul out more than you bring in.
Toilet paper – you never know.
For Basic +
4-wheel drive, high clearance vehicle with a full tank of gas.
Picks, shovels, large hammers, and pry bars and chisels.
For more information about field trips, please contact our Field Trip Organizer:
Melissa Moroni 303-807-9864
Upcoming Field Trips
Tentatively planned Rockhounding field trips.
The exact dates are pending in many cases, and hopefully, these dates are close.
2024 Field Trips for the Grand Junction Gem and Mineral Club:
March 9th Daytrip – Bev Kid’s Club outing to Floy Wash
April 27 Daytrip – Deidre Moab Agates
May 4 Daytrip – Rich and Melissa Book Cliffs Barite
May 19-23 Multi-day Trip – Mark Trilobites near Delta, Utah and/or Dugway geode beds, and/or Topaz Mtn. Camping trip.
June 8 Daytrip – Steve and Deidre Floy Wash red agate, Sharks Teeth and/or maybe Drilling Tou.
June 22 Daytrip – Steve La Sal fossils.
June 29 Daytrip – Mark Douglas Pass, leaf and bug fossils
July 12 Multi-day Trip -Steve and Barbara Florissant Fossil Bed Nat Park visit, and next door private quarry,
and maybe visit LGMC Queen Bee claim near Bailey, or maybe visit a Joe Dorris Topaz claim
Sep 7 Daytrip – Pam Crystal Geyser, and red snails
Oct 5 Daytrip – Steve Senorita Mine, north of Ouray, azurite and malachite
October 12 Daytrip – Rich and Melissa – Baculite at the Bookcliffs
