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Our new 2007 fieldtrip photo from the Penn-MD Quarry

 

About DMS Field Trips   

 

The DMS sponsors and/or participates in several field trips per month visiting mineral and fossil collecting sites in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina.

All field trips are weather dependent and require at least an average level of physical fitness!  Several of the trips are physically demanding! 

All quarry trips requires members to be 18 years old and have hardhat, safety glasses/goggles and steel-toed boots. 

Recommended collecting equipment includes: rock hammers, chisels, pry-bars, screens for sifting, collecting boxes, packing material (newspaper is good), etc.  Always bring water, drinks and snacks for the day and wear appropriate clothing and footwear.

To sign up for scheduled trips or suggest other possible trips leave a message at 302-838-0339, send email to glauconite5@yahoo.com at least 48-hours before each trip or see me during DMS club meetings.  Directions to each fieldtrip will be emailed and/or discussed over the phone with those who signup to attend.

 

Additional trips are in for July and August are in various stages of planning, but have not been finalized at the printing of June's Geogram.  Since the Geogram is not published during these months.  To get the latest updated information about fieldtrips, please check back here periodically or send me an email expressing your interest in collecting either fossils or minerals and I will add you to my email list.

Members of DMS are also eligible to participate in fieldtrips hosted by the members of the Eastern Field Trip Alliance.  To reserve a place on a EFTA field trip, you must contact me at least 3 weeks prior to the trip.

Over the past year, the DMS has sponsored field trips to collect fossils and minerals at localities in North Carolina and Pennsylvania.  On each page is a
brief synopsis of those trips.  For photos of the localities that we visited, the participants and the specimens that were collected, please see the field trip pages on the DMS web site. 
[Bob Asreen]


Past Field Trips 2004-2008


March Show 2008 Field Trip Display Case

Hi!  As in the past, we put together a DMS Field Trip display case to show the visitors at the show where the DMS field trips have taken us and what has been found at those localities. 

 

--Bob

 

March Show 2008 Field Trip Display Cases

 

   

 

 
Our Field Trip Display Cases from 2008

Thanks to:

Everyone who made these cases possible

[Bob Asreen]


2008 DMS FIELD TRIPS


UPCOMING FIELD TRIPS

Bob Asreen


May 3, 2008, Saturday:  
Haines & Kibblehouse Penn-Maryland Materials Quarry, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, PAThis quarry is adjacent to the Cedar Hill Quarry and produces similar minerals including antigorite, picrolite, lizardite, deweylite, chromite and many others.  Please sign up by April 30th if you would like to attend!


May 11, 2008, Sunday:  PCS (aka Lee Creek) Mine, Aurora, Beaufort County, NC: (7:30AM+)
Aurora is the premier locality on the East Coast for collecting Miocene age vertebrate and invertebrate fossils.  Fossils that can be found at the mine include the remains of sharks, whales, porpoises, fish, birds and mollusks.

DMS has been given 10 seats on the bus into the PCS Phosphate mine in Aurora, North Carolina on Sunday, May 11th, which is Mother’s Day.  So far, 8 members have signed up for the trip.  If you are interested in going to Lee Creek with DMS, please contact me by phone or by email to get on the list for this trip.

Only club members 18 or older whose dues are current will be eligible for this trip.

 

May 17-18, 2008, Saturday & Sunday: Bob & Nadir Jenkins Last Home Show.  Bob's entire inventory and personal collection will be available for sale.

  •      Prices discounted at least 50% off, except for consignment pieces

  •      Address: 6 Columbus Circle, Newark, DE.  From I-95, take 896 South exit.  Take Highway 896 South to third traffic light, then right onto Four Seasons Parkway, and two long blocks to Columbus Circle on right.

  •      Time: 10AM - 6PM both days


May 23-25, 2008, Aurora Fossil Festival
, Aurora, NC.  For more information, check out the Calendar of Events on the Aurora Fossil Museum website.

 

May 31, 2008, Saturday:  Haines & Kibblehouse Cornwall Materials Quarry, Cornwall, Lebanon County, PA: (8AM-12PM) (Tentative) This quarry produces magnetite, garnet, hematite, chrysocolla, pyrite, chalcopyrite and many other minerals.  Please sign up by May 15th if you would like to attend!

 

June 14, 2008, Saturday: Martin Limestone, Burkholder Quarry Open House, 606 Martindale Road, Eprata, PA  17522.  9:30AM - 2PM.  This event is open to the public and will not only serve to educate the community about Martin Limestone operations and about the contributions the industry makes to our everyday quality of life, but also provide a fun family day for the employees and the community.

The Martin Limestone webpage: http://www.martinlimestone.com has a link for information about the company.  Plug the quarry address into any map program (Mapquest, Yahoo, Google, etc.) as your destination and it will give you directions from your departure point.

This active quarry mines the limestones, dolostones, and shales of the Cambrian-aged Buffalo Springs Formation.  Minerals found at these quarries include: calcite, dolomite, fluorite, pyrite, and chalcopyrite.

 

June 21, 2008, Saturday: Haines & Kibblehouse Birdsboro Quarry, Birdsboro, Berks County, PA.  8:00AM - Noon.  This quarry produces calcite, chabazite, prehnite, and many other minerals.  Please sign up by June 19th if you would like to attend.

 

Well another DMS field trip season is upon us!  As always, it is a great time to renew old acquaintances and make new ones!

 [Bob Asreen]

 

Lee Creek Update

May 11, 2008 (Sunday, Mother's Day) is our Lee Creek trip this Spring.

 


If you have any suggestions for possible fieldtrips, talk to me at a meeting, call me at 302-838-0339 or send me an email glauconite5@yahoo.com with your suggestion and I will look into it.

Check out our Past Field Trips 2004-2008 for pictures, detail, and such.


E.F.T.A. (formerly N.E.F.T.A.) FIELDTRIPS

Remember, members of DMS will also be eligible to participate in field trips hosted by the members of the Eastern Field Trip Alliance (EFTA). I will post those trips in the Geogram when the schedule becomes available in the spring. I would also suggest that you check the web site to find out about upcoming field trips.

For more information, go to:  www.nefta.us

 


Society of Natural History of Delaware

All events are free and open to the public.  Fieldtrips normally take 2-4 hours. 

For questions and/or reservations for any trip call Al Matlack at (302)239-5383.

     Saturday, March 29, 2:00 P.M., PIKE CREEK ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION with Steve Williams of D.N.R.E.C.

     Sunday, April 13, 2:00 P.M.,REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF BLACKBIRD STATE FORESST with Mick McLaughlin

     Saturday, May 10,11:45 A.M., OLD GROWTH FOREST NEAR MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY with Jim Thorne of the Natural Lands Trust- 400 year old black gum trees

     Wednesday, June 18, 6:00 P.M., GREEN ROOF OF BARCLAY'S BANK BUILDING - a part of saving energy with passive solar heating and cooling

     Sunday, July 20, 2:00 P.M., HOW TO TURN A LAWN INTO A WILD FLOWER MEADOW with Mark Gormel of Landenberg

     Saturday, August 16, 12:00 noon, ORGANIC FRUIT AND VEGETABLE FARM near Rising Sun, MD.


New Jersey State Museum Field Trips

Check back in the Spring, please.

 


Virginia Museum of Natural History Field Trips

Join VMNH staff on our paleontological field trips and learn about the fascinating geological history of the Middle Atlantic States. These trips cover a wide variety of ages and environments representative of the last 450 million years.

All trips are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Some trips have limits on the number of participants. Fees are used to support research at VMNH. Requested donations for each trip do not include accommodations, meals, transportation, or park entry fees.

To make a reservation, send a message to butchd@vmnh.net with the subject "Field Trip."   Tell which trip you are interested in, and how many adults and children will be attending, or call 276-666-8644. Then mail a check payable to Virginia Museum of Natural History to:

Virginia Museum of Natural History
Attn: Research Field Trips
1001 Douglas Ave.
Martinsville, VA 24112

Schedules and itineraries are tentative. Trips may be cancelled due to inclement weather or lack of enrollment. Trips will be cancelled unless 10 people have pre-paid at least one week prior to the trip, and after that point no refunds will be offered unless the trip is cancelled. Curators for the VMNH collection may retain scientifically significant specimens.

Details of these trips can be found at:

http://www.vmnh.net/index.cfm?pg=285

[Bob Asreen]

DMS Vice President – Field Trips

 


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