[Rockhounds] New Mexico / Colorado trip suggestions + Leadville Symposium

[Al Balmer]

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:11:16 -0400, pmodreski at aol.com wrote:

>Since Tom mentioned it, I realized that I ought to have posted something here to Rockhounds about the Friends of Mineralogy-Colorado Chapter, field symposium in Leadville this summer.
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>It's a weekend meeting + field trips headquartered at the National Mining Hall of Fame & Museum in Leadville, August 24-26.? There's an evening talk at the Museum Friday, then a field trip to the Climax Molybdenum mine* on Saturday morning, a tour of the Mining Museum and another talk in the afternoon followed by a banquet Saturday evening, with a dinner talk by Ed Raines on the Leadville Mining District.? Sunday will be a field trip led by Ed around the Leadville mining areas. (*A historic tour of the famous Matchless Mine is an alternate option if registration exceeds the bus capacity (65) for the Climax trip.)

This is the Henderson mine? Years ago, as a software engineer for a
process control company, I spent a week at the Henderson mill, at the
end of a 14 mile tunnel to the mine. I remember huge chunks of pyrite
in the tailings.

While there, I got directions to a small lake which had lots of
petrified wood. 
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>Registration is just $20 (includes a box lunch on Saturday) plus an additional $20 for the banquet for those who wish to attend.? As of today, we still have room for more attendees (about 50 registered out of a maximum capacity of 75).
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>You can find more information and a registration form on the FM website, http://www.friendsofmineralogy.org/symposia.html
>or?write me (pmodreski at aol.com) or FM chapter president Richard Parsons (richard.parsons at att.net) and we'll email you the most up to date information.
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>P.S. to Tom, the Contin-Tail is indeed a great event and worth going to.? When driving up US-285 through Nathrop, stop at the Prospector (Rock Doc) rock shop, which has a lot of stuff and is a great source of advice about local collecting.
>Ruby Mountain isn't totally closed to access; the back (east) side is still public land and open and you can walk to the top there and still, I'm told, find garnets as well as tiny Apache Tears in perlite on the slope going up, but the "good stuff" of easily breakable rock in the huge talus pile at the west river-facing bottom of the hill is all closed off as private home sites.? A pity.
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>Pete Modreski
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Corson <corson at infodyn.com>
>To: rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com
>Sent: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 9:08 pm
>Subject: [Rockhounds] New Mexico / Colorado trip suggestions?
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>
>Hi all,
>
>I'm thinking of going up to Leadville, CO for the upcoming FM mineral
>symposium in a few weeks.
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>My route will be basically:
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>Tucson - Show Low - Holbrook - Gallup - Albuquerque - Santa Fe - Alamosa -
>Leadville.
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>Any suggestions on collecting spots along the way would be most appreciated.
>
>Also, I've always wanted to collect Colorado Amazonite. Are there any sites
>which are still accessible and worthwhile (not under active claim or in
>someone's back yard)?
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>Thanks in advance....
>
>Regards,
>Tom Corson
>

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Al Balmer
Sun City, AZ