SURC was founded by Rafael Arteaga and Lynn Dalton in 2008.
Past Presidents
1st President Rafael Arteaga, Club Founder
(2008–2010)
2nd President Lynn Dalton
(2010–2011)
3rd President George Haslem
(2012–2014)
4th President Joel Jensen
5th President Lynn Dalton
(2010–2012)
6th President Eric Vogt (2018–2019)
7th President Lynn Dalton
(2019–2020)
Club Field Trips
2025
| Date | Location | Specimen | Vehicle Requirements | Notes (miles from Cedar City) |
| January 18–19 | Burro Creek, NV | Pastelite) / Apache Tears | High Clearance | 340+ |
| February 15-16 | DoBell Ranch, AZ (Paid dig) | Rainbow Petrified Wood | No Restrictions | 380+ also free nearby BLM land |
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2024
| Date | Location | Specimen | Vehicle Requirements | Notes (miles from Cedar City) |
| Mar. 23–24 | Delta, UT | Trilobites | High Clearance / 4WD | BLM fee site |
| April 20 | Orderville, UT | Septariian Nodules | High Clearance / 4WD | |
| May 18–19 | Thomas Range, UT | Bixbyite, Pink Topas, Pseudobrookite, Amethyst | High Clearance | |
| June 15 | Panguitch, UT | Chalcedony | No restrictions | |
| July 20 | Fossil Lake Safari NW of Kemmerer, WY (paid site) | Fish fossils | High Clearance | in the Green River Formation.) 390+ |
| Aug. 17 | Enterprise, UT | Chalcedony | High Clearance / 4WD | |
| Sept. 21–22 | Tikaboo, UT | Copralite | High Clearance / 4WD | Henry Mountains |
| Oct. 19 | Wah Wah Mountains, UT | Garnets and UV minerals | High Clearance | Bring UV light |
| Nov. 16 | Caliente, NV | Triolobite and UV agate | High Clearance | Bring UV light |
Previous trips included the following:
- Roosevelt Springs (Onyx)
- Cooper-Zinc mine tailings
- Parowan Gap
- 007—Frisco Mine
- 001—Mineral Mountains
- 002—Holt Canyon
- 003—Table Butte
- 004—Fremont Trail Pan
- 005a—Valley of Fire
- 005b—Wonderstone
- 009—Orderville (Septarian nodules)
- 010—Apple Valley
- 019—Hurricane Mesa Chinie—Petrified Wood
- 012—Topaz Mountain
- 013—Dugway (Geodes)
- 014—Topaz Mountain
- Glitter Pit
- Chinie—Petrified Wood
- Cedar Pocket
- Cato Canyon
- Gold Springs
- Holt Canyon
- Burro Creek (3/2019)
- Fiddlers Canyon (Fossils)
- Moenkopi Formations ripples