The final schedule—with dates—will be published here when it is finalized. Individual trips will also appear on the Calendar. Materials to be sought: septarians, topaz, bixbyite, geodes, opalized fluorite, petrified wood, fossils fish, agates, jaspers, and possibly precious opal.
2025 Field Trip Schedule
Date | Location | Material | Notes (miles from CC) |
January 18–19 | Burro Creek, AZ | Pasteline/Apache Tears | 360+ |
February | DoBell Ranch, AZ | Rainbow petrified wood | Paid trip + BLM land 384+ |
March 15 | Motaqua, UT | Petrified wood | 85+ |
April | Orderville area on Utah State Trust land | Septarian Nodules | 65+ |
May | Topaz Mountain, (Solar Wind Claim) ————– Amphitheater ————– Dugway Geode Beds | First Day: [Paid dig] topaz and bixbyite; UV hyalite Opal, Pumice (camping) ———— Second Day: [free] hard rock mining and climbing for topaz ———— Third Day: geodes | 160+ ————— ————– 30+ from Topaz |
June | Cedar City ———– Three Peaks | First Day: agates ———— Second Day: magnetite | 10+ ————– 10+ |
July | Kemmerer, Wyoming ————- Blue Forest (camping) | First Day: [Paid dig] Fossil Fish ———— Second Day:[free] petrified wood | 384+ ———— 60+ from fossil fish |
August | Henry Mountains and the Swell | grape agate, coprolite | |
September | Ely ———— ———— | First Day: Green Garnets ————- Second Day: Garnets ————- Third Day: Peacock Opal | |
October | Holt Canyon | ||
November | Wonderstone? or Panguitch agate? | ||
December | Somewhere South (maybe Round Mtn. … | …for fire agate?) |