PAST FIELD TRIPS AND EVENTS 2005

Review of 2003 Field Trips

48th Annual Spruce Pine Mineral and Gem Festival
SPRUCE PINE, NC.
AUGUST 5 thru 7, 2005

News from the
Federations

Photos from recent field trips!!
Click on photos for more pictures from each trip.

Cotton Patch Gold Mine
New London, NC.
February 19th 2005

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Boxley Quarry
Beckley, WV
October 22, 2005

Faber Lead Mine
April 30, 2005

Trip to James Madison University Geology Department
January 29, 2005

Smithsonian Field Trip
March 5, 2005

Upcoming Field Trips and Events

Click here for photos from our 2004 field trips.

July 23, 2005
Beckley, West Virginia
Boxley Aggregates Quarry
and
Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine

March 19th 2005
Willis Mountain Kyanite Mine
Kyanite Mining Corp.
near Dillwin, VA

The Gem and Mineral Society of Lynchburg, VA

April 9, 2005
Standard Mineral Company
Glendon, North Carolina

Blue Ridge Quarry
August 27, 2005

Membership Information

September 24, 2005
Copper Mines in the Virginia Carolina Slate Belt

April 23th and 24th 2005
Trotter Dump, Buckwheat Dump, and Sterling Hill
Franklin & Ogdensburg, NJ.

"The fluorescent mineral capital of the world"