2009 Field Trips
PENOBSCOT MINERAL AND LAPIDARY CLUB
DATE
LOCATION
MEETING PLACE
NOTES
April 19, 2009
Sunday
Mount Apatite
Auburn, ME
Recreation field parking lot
beside National Guard base at
bottom of Mt Apatite at 10:00 AM.
1 mile walk to quarries, uphill.
May 16, 2009
Litchfield sodalite location
Leave Bangor Library parking lot
at 7:30 AM
Sodalite boulders
June 20, 2009
Saturday
Poland Mining Camps:
link for directions to Poland
Mining Camps is at the bottom
of page.
Leave Bangor Library parking lot
at 6:00 AM
for car pooling or meet
at Poland Mining Camps at 9:00
AM
No one under the age of 12
allowed on this trip.  There is a
$
25.00 fee

June 28, 2009
Sunday
Swift River gold panning in
Coos Canyon, ME
Leave Bangor Library parking lot
at 6:00 AM
for car pooling or meet
at Walmart in Newport at 6:30 AM
 
July 18, 2009
Saturday
Loring Cove and other agate
beaches in Perry, ME
Perry Farmer's Market on RT 1 in
Perry at 11:00 AM.
Low tide is at 2:00 PM.  
Call Lance on cell phone if lost,
570-2966
July 19, 2009
Sunday
Jasper Beach
Bucks Harbor, ME
Machias dike parking lot across
from Helen's Restaurant
at 12:00
noon
Low tide is 3:00 PM.  
Call Lance on cell phone if lost,
570-2966
August 15, 2009
Saturday
Deer Hill
Amethyst quarry
TBA
Steep mountain.  Will need 4x4.
August 30, 2009
Sunday
Georgetown tourmaline quarry
TBA
 
September
date TBA
Gold panning with Fred,
Bubba and Spike at Sandy
River
TBA
 
 
 
   
Here are a few pictures from our Mt. Apatite field trip on June 10, 2007.  We had a good turnout
and everyone had a good time.
Pictures of Jasper Beach field trip July 8, 2007
Ryolite cliff, Jasper Beach.
Can't find a stone!
I found a stone!
Group shot.