FIELDTRIPS
All Brantford Lapidary and Mineral Society members are C.C.F.M.S affiliate members. We are invited to join the Niagara Peninsula field trips as long as all signup requirements are met by the member, including safety equipment (required) and training (if indicated) for each fieldtrip. Fieldtrip dates and information are regularly updated at:
Here is the link for safety rules as specified by the CCFMS: http://ccfms.ca/CCFMS-Safety-Rules.php
Upcoming Fieldtrips:
Summer 2019:
Field trips can be arranged at several Thunder Bay District mining claims focusing on local mineral specimens, amethyst, mary-ellen jasper, current river agate, lake superior agate and various florites. Text local prospector Robert Deschamps @ 1 807 709-8954 a member of the BLMS.
September:
Lansdowne Quarry - Cambro-Ordovician Potsdam Sandstone & fossil trackways, Grenville Province unconformity
October:
Canadian Wollastonite & Frontenac Lead Mine - Grenville Province minerals
Lansdowne Quarry- Cambro-Ordovician Potsdam Sandstone & fossil trackways, Grenville Province unconformity
For information on Fieldtrips please contact Ashley Pollock at: npgstrips@gmail.com