2007 Field Trips
PENOBSCOT MINERAL AND LAPIDARY CLUB
DATE
LOCATION
MEETING PLACE
NOTES
May 19, 2007
Harvard, Nibble, Tamminen
and Waisanen quarries
Paris, ME
Perham's Rock Shop at Trapp's
Corner, West Paris at 10:00 AM
Easy walk for all quarries but
Harvard.
Jun 10, 2007
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.
Jul 8, 2007
Jasper Beach
Bucks Harbor, ME
Machias dike parking lot across
from Helen's Restaurant.
Meet in Machias at 10:00 AM.  
Low tide is 11:30 AM.
Jul 21, 2007
Loring Cove and other agate
beaches in Perry, ME
Perry Farmer's Market on RT 1 in
Perry at 9:00 AM.
Low tide is at 10:30 AM.   Meet at
9:00 AM
Jul 22, 2007
Loring Cove and other agate
beaches in Perry, ME
Perry Farmer's Market on RT 1 in
Perry
Low tide is at 11:30 AM.   Meet at
10:00 AM
Aug 12, 2007
Swift River gold panning in
Coos Canyon, ME
Ladysmith Studio for carpool at
7:00 AM.  Also at Old Prospectors
Shop at Coos Canyon at 10:00
AM.
Fee payable to local shop for
equipment and guide
Sep 9, 2007
Deer Isle Jasper quarry
McDonald's parking lot in
Bucksport at 8:00 AM.
May have a geologist as guest
speaker
Sep 16 or Oct 7, 2007
Catherine Mountain near Tunk
Lake
Parking area on top of Tunk Mt. at
9:00 AM.
Steep climb of aprox. 1 mile
 
 
   
Here are a few pictures from our Mt. Apatite field trip on June 10.  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.