Quartzsite ROCKS In January 2012

Wed January 18th to Sun Jan 22nd 2012 Ouartzsite POW WOW. Lots of good rocks and equipment vendors. Last Year I went for the first time and realy enjoyed it. For Location See Link to their Web site under SCRRC Favorite Links.

January 1st to 30th At Desert Gardens. Located South side of  I-10 and  west I-10 exit to Quartzsite.
Lots of Rocks and Vendors

Also Rocks every place else in Quartzsite.

Have Fun
Mike

Field Trip to Silver Creek Saturday January 14th 2012

Alan LaVo will lead Us to Silver Creek to get squigly jasper on Saturday Jan 14th.
 We will meet at 9:00am at Silver creek road and Bullhead Parkway in Bullhead City. The trip is 4 wheel drive. We will be going in sandy washes. Tools needed are rock hammers and pry bar.
Hope to see You all There.
Mike

Field Trip to McCraken Mine Saturday December 10th 2011

Wayne Uroff will be leading us to McCraken mine;
We will meet at 9am AZ time at the Cheveron station off Interstate 40 and the Lake Havasu exit Hwy 95. From there We will go east on I-40 to Santa Fe Ranch rd exit, Then SE to Alamo rd, South 30 miles to Signal rd, Then west to McCraken mine. This trip is 2WD except for the last few miles which are 4wd or high clearance 2wd. There are about 40 miles of good dirt road to get to the mine. As always if You don't have 4wd show up anyway. We will find You a ride. We can also shuttle people the last 4 miles if you want to drive.

Club Meeting and Pot Luck December 1st 2011

Our Christmas party Pot Luck will be at our next regular meeting at 6pm AZ time.
Looking foward to all the good food and people.
As We did last year we WILL NOT be bringing a present to exghange. Please bring Can Foods or packaged food, They will be donated to a local church.

Field Trip and Report for Meteorites at Franconia, AZ Sat Nov 12th 2011

We will be hunting for meteorites. We will meet at 9am AZ time at the Cheveron station off Interstate 40 and the Lake Havasu exit Hwy 95. From there We will go east on I-40 to Franconia exit. We will meet on the south side of I-40 to Park the 2 wheel drive cars. We will then go north which is 4 wheel drive.
Bring a good metal detetor and or magnet.

We Had 24 people show up to hunt for meteorites. Todd our leader was very helpful, showing us what to look for. He even gave us a small slice of meteorite to help us set up our metal detectors. We did not find any meteorites but the weather was great and we found a few rocks.
Thanks Todd

Field Trip & Report for Ludlow, CA Mon, Nov 7th 2011

We will meet at 9am CA time and 10am AZ time. Ludlow is 94 miles West of Needles, CA
on Interstate 40. We will meet across from the Dariy Queen. 4 wheel drive is required  We will be going south of I-40 and Lavic siding, great place for Jasper. Jasper is laying on top of the ground.
Mike Spicer

We had 3 4x4 rigs 5 club members and one guest looking for Jasper. We went south of  I-40 and Lavic Siding. We found lots of Jasper.

Field Trip & Report Oct 29th 2011 Golden Shores

    We had 12 people and 6 4x4 rigs show up. Al Larson found the most petrified wood that looks like is was formed here. Charlie found some that looks like it rolled in from some where else. Looks like the sand dune areas are the best place to find the wood. Hope everyone had a good time.

Next Field trip will be back to Golden Shores, Saturday October 29th to look for petrified palm wood and fossils rocks.
We will meet in Golden Shores at 9:00am across  (East) from the Shell Gas station.
To get to Golden Shores from Bullhead City go South on AZ Hwy-95. Turn Left on Courtwright Rd (at the Arco gas station). from here it is 11miles to Golden shores.
Go past the power plant and Pintail slew and continue on to Golden Shores.
We will leave Golden shores at 9:15 and going out Polaris rd which is between Golden shores and I-40.
Trip is 4-wheel drive. See SCRC map# 34
Al Larson will lead trip.