Important Notice for 2026: Tick season is especially bad this year. Make sure you always have tick spray and use it often. Please be safe!
Details about field trips are available to members only. You can download a membership application below if you would like to become a new member.
*Note: Do not mail applications from May 1 to September 15. We are unable to process and approve memberships during the summer. Any applications received during the summer will be held until September 1 for review.
Note: Due to the reduced, yet continuing presence of the Covid-19 virus, please continue to exercise good judgement and be respectful of others. If you do feel sick, we would advise that you please respect others health and not attend field trips.
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR 2026: Due to the extreme drought conditions throughout Colorado, there is a greater than normal likelihood that wildfires may occur throughout the field trip season. Everyone is asked to keep current throughout the upcoming months regarding any active fires in the areas of our field trips. We will attempt to send out notices of area closures that affect a particular field trip, specifically to those who have signed up in advance for that trip. Hopefully we will not be affected, but field trip cancellations have occurred in the past, and could happen again.
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2026 Field Trips
Note: this is a tentative list of trips and might be changed at any time.
May 16 – Founder’s Day tree memorial dedication
May 31 – 4-Mile Creek Shelf Rd, Canyon City – botryoidal fluorite – 30 limit
June 7 – Honey Bee/ Queen Bee Club Claims, Harris Park – amazonite, smoky quartz
June 14 – State Bridge, Eagle (joint trip w/ GJGMC) – pyrite nodules – (GJMC canceled)
June 20 – Topaz Mountain, Lake George – topaz, smoky quartz – 30 limit, $25
June 27 – Smoky Hawk Claim, Lake George – amazonite, smoky quartz – 30 limit, $25
July 1-5 – Kemmerer, Wyoming – fossils – 10 limit – (fee depends on number of people)
July 18 – Magnetite Ridge, Taryall – magnetite
July 19 – Honey Bee/ Queen Bee Club Claims, Harris Park – amazonite, smoky quartz
July 24-26 – Coffee Pot Springs, Dotsero – goethite pseudomorph after pyrite, fossils
July 31 – August 2 – Last Chance Mine, Creede – sowbelly agate – fee
August 8 – Hartsel – barite – 30 limit
August 15 – Calumet Iron Mine, Salida – epidote, quartz, actinolite, chrysocolla
August 15 – LGMC club Picnic
August 22 – Teller County Tourmaline/ Florissant Fossil Quarry – tourmaline, fossils – fee
August 29 – St. Peter’s Dome, Colorado Springs – fluorite, smoky quartz
September 10-13 – Denver Gem and Mineral Show
September 26-27 – Crawford, Nebraska (joint trip w/ FMC) – agate – 20 limit
October 3 – LGMC Silent Auction
October 11 – Honey Bee/ Queen Bee, Harris Park – amazonite, smoky quartz
October 19-23 – Arkansas, various locations – quartz – fee
Note: You must be a member to go on any field trip.
Send general inquiries about field trips to lgmctrips@gmail.com