NOC Field Trips
The Field Trip page is for all NOC members and guests who abide by the AFMS Code of Ethics. When you see a field trip that you would like to attend, make plans to join us.
Contact the NOC Field Trip Leader for details and notify him that you will attend. Never just show up.
NOC Field Trip Schedule for 2012
by Jay Valle/Don Ogden/Frank Winn, NOC Field Trip
The 2012 field trip meeting will be held at the home of Joe & Marcia Goetz in January, 2012. The three clubs - Whittier, Pasadena and North Orange County, and joined by a representative of the Seachers Club, met to produce the official field trip schedule for the coming year.
Jan 18-22 .................... Quartzsite
Feb 18-20 .................... Stoddard Wells: Local sites for verde antique, tri-color marble, black jade, actinolite, “bugeye” rhyolite, soapstone (for carving). Other locations may also be explored.
Mar 12-14 .................... Stoddard Wells Tailgate: Like Quartzsite, only smaller.
Mar 24-25 .................... Lavic Siding/Southern Cadys: Many varieties of jasper and agate.
Apr 21-22 .................... Castle Butte: Bloodstone, palm root, agate & jasper of several types
Apr 28 .................... Tourmaline mine trip (fee location)
May 26-28 .................... Lone Pine/Cerro Gordo: The famous Cerro Gordo mine tailing are open only once a year and are good for many minerals including Smithsonite. Numerous field trip possibilities from Lone Pine including ammonites, corundum, petrified wood
Jun 16 .................... Wrightwood (day trip): Actinolite and possibly rhodonite
July 28 .................... Palos Verdes (day trip): Minerals & fossils
Aug 11 .................... Museum (day trip)
Aug 31 - Sept 2 .................... Snyder’s Ranch: Large tailgate & show with cool field trips.
Oct 6 .................... Trona - Searles Lake Club show & field trips: Pink halite crystals & borax minerals.
Nov 3-4 .................... Whittier Club Claim (Barstow): honey onyx, agate, jasper, palm root, etc.
Nov 22-2 .................... 5 Stonewall Pass: Famous old time petrified wood location. Will also visit collecting areas near Goldfield, NV and Beatty, NV.
Dec 8 .................... Pinto Mountains copper minerals
For more information on these or other field trips contact:
Frank Winn at (626) 912-0404 or
Jay Valle at (626) 934-9764 or
Don Ogden (909) 598-2456
Field Trip Leader
Will Provide:
Cell phone No. for field trip contact.
Field Trip dates.
Field Trip location.
Material to be collected.
Special equipment that may be needed.
Food, clothing, etc. required.
Informed Consent/Assumption of Risk/Waiver of Liability
form:
To be signed before beginning the field trip or activity.
Suggestions for use of form.
Insurance: The Federation's insurance policy automatically provides liability insurance coverage for Federation member clubs at announced, sponsored club field trips. You may be required to provide a Certificate of Insurance or Additional Insured Endorsement to property owners; if so, please go to the Federation's web site (www.cfmsinc.org) under Insurance Forms for a copy of the request form.
You will provide: Contact person (Name, address, phone No., cell phone No., and e-mail address). Upon arriving at the campsite, sign a Consent and Assumption of Risk Waiver of Liability form.