Upcoming Field Trips!
Please note: Club events including field trips, meetings, service activities, and our annual holiday party will be listed on the monthly Calendar page!
Meeting locations vary from Payson to a spot nearer the picking location. Below is current information about this month’s proposed Club field trips plus a tantalizing preview of locations in the works for 2023 and 2024!
IN THE WORKS FOR 2023/2024
DATE | LOCATION | MATERIAL |
|---|---|---|
| 11/25/2023 | Forest Lakes, AZ | Sandstone |
| 12/9/2023 | Rowley Mine (Gila Bend) | Chrysocolla, Mimetite, Wulfenite |
| Oct/Nov/Dec | Heber | Petrified Wood, Jasper |
| 2024 | Durango, CO | Rhodochrosite/Enargite |
| 2024 | Tucson Area | Tucson Lapidary Club sites |
| 2024 | San Carlos Reservation | Peridot |
| TBA | Rye | Gold Prospecting |
| TBA | FR 29A, Payson | Trace Fossils, Banded Agates, Lava Tubes |
| TBA | Shoofly | Banded Agate |
| TBA | Young Road | Black Jade, Fossils, Agates |
| TBA | Airport Rd, Payson | Cherts |
| TBA | St. Johns | Calcite, Petrified Wood |
| Multiple Trips Planned | Heber | Petrified Wood, Jasper |
| TBA | Mt. Ord/Sycamore Creek | River Rocks, Jaspers |
| TBA | Christopher Mtn | Zebra Chert, Fossils |
| Multiple Trips Planned | Dobell/Holbrook | Petrified Wood |
| TBA | Hewitt Station (Superior) | Candy Cane Marble |
| TBA | Snowflake AZ | Sandstone |
| TBA | Doll Baby | Kyanite |
| TBA | Agate Mtn | Agates, Amethyst |
| TBA | Rye | Calcite, Hematite |
| TBA | Oatman AZ | Fire Agate, Onyx |
Please be thinking of places you would like to visit and share them with the Club.
Please email us at field_trips@rimstonesrockclub.org or call (928) 595-2059 if you want to join one of the trips.
Enjoying Lunch on a Field Trip
Field Trip Spotlight
Apache Tears – Superior, AZ
There will be no crying on this trip, Saturday Oct 28, to Superior, AZ for Apache Tears (obsidian).
The drive is 2hrs from Payson (cars okay) but the sites are easy to maneuver and the reward is pretty cool.
We are limited to 20 Rimstone Rockhounds (no guests this time – sorry). That’s not cars; it’s the number of people.
And, get this, we are the first clubs to visit this year – and there has been a lot of new rock added to our picking area.
Arranged by Rimstones member Jen Jordan, we will be with the Daisy Mtn and Pinal County clubs, too.
Are you ready for one of our club’s favorite and easiest places to hunt rocks?
Contact Rollo at club@rimstonesrockclub.com
Photos on this page thanks to Rimstones Rock Club members