Club Field Trips

Upcoming Club Trips

Event Name Event Date Event Summary
Magnetite Ridge and Fluorite Mine 04/25/2026 10:00 AM In search of Magnetite on Magnetite Ridge outside of Tarryall, CO with a special trip over to a purple fluorite mine afterwards.
Florissant Fossil Quarry 05/26/2026 10:00 AM Florissant Fossil Quarry
Pikes Peak Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show 06/05/2026 10:00 AM Support us at CSMS's 62nd annual Pikes Peak Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show and celebrate our 90th year as a club!
Red Feather Lakes 08/15/2026 08:50 AM Red Feather Lakes District Claim Dig
Zeolite Collecting – North Table Mountain 10/03/2026 08:50 AM (Date TBA) Zeolite Collecting – North Table Mountain, Outside of Golden, CO with the Flatirons Mineral Club
Arroya Gulch Garnets 12/24/2026 08:45 AM (Date TBA) We will be looking for gemmy Almandine Garnets in Fremont County. Bring your family for this easy dig!
April Fools Claim 12/24/2026 08:50 AM (Date TBA) We will be visiting our April Fools Claim in the Lake George
Fern Creek 12/24/2026 08:50 AM (Date TBA) Fern Creek, Colorado
Poncha Pass - Agates 12/24/2026 08:50 AM (Date TBA) Blue and white banded agate nodules

Past Trips

Event Name Event Date Event Summary
Rocky Mountain High Claims 03/14/2026 Ready to dig on the CSMS club claims? Join us at Rocky Mountain High 1 and 2. Collect Amazonite, Smokey Quartz and Fluorite!
Crawford, Nebraska, Fairburn Agates & Fluorescent Watermelon Chalcedony 10/04/2025 We will be joining the Flatirons Mineral Club on a hunt for Watermelon Chalcedony, petrified wood, Fairburn agates, tons of fluorescent minerals, and more!
Lake George 25th Annual Gem and Mineral Show 08/15/2025 Lake George Gem and Mineral Show in: Lake George Colorado!
Topaz Mountain Colorado 08/02/2025 We will be going to Joe Dorris's Topaz mine outside of Lake George in the Tarryall region
Last Chance Mine - Creede With LGGMc 07/26/2025 We will being joining the Lake George Gem and Mineral Club in Creede Colorado and potentially a few other areas. Let's go see the Last Chance Mine!
Rocky Mountain High Claims with Flatirons Mineral Club (SATURDAY) 07/19/2025 We will heading up to the CSMS club claims: Rocky Mountain High 1 and 2 with the Flatirons Mineral Club as our guests!
Smoky Hawk Mine (FRIDAY) 07/18/2025 (FRIDAY) We are visiting the Dorris family's world-famous Smoky Hawk Mine!
Devonian Fossil lecture by Franklin Duffy (Cañon City) 07/15/2025 Paleontologists from the University of Chicago will be doing research in our area for the next several months. They will be speaking on the fascinating transitional stage fish underwent morphing from living in water to living on land.
Hartsel Blue Barite 06/14/2025 A family friendly and easy trip to the classic Blue Barite location right outside Hartsel Colorado.
April Fools Claim 05/31/2025 CSMS April Fools Claim - Lake George
Arroya Gulch Garnets 05/24/2025 We will be looking for gemmy Almandine Garnets in Fremont County. Bring your family for this easy dig!
Rocky Mountain High Claims 05/17/2025 Ready to dig on the CSMS club claims? Join us at Rocky Mountain High 1 and 2. Collect Amazonite, Smokey Quartz and Fluorite!
Gold Prospectors of Colorado 5th Annual Poker Run and Public Panning 05/10/2025 Join the Gold Prospectors of Colorado Club for their gold panning tour and fundraiser just outside in Florence Colorado
Rocky Mountain High Claims 04/12/2025 Ready to dig on the CSMS club claims? Rocky Mountain High 1 and 2 are waiting for you in 2025. Amazonite, Smokey Quartz and Fluorite!
Rockhounding 101 - Class #2 10/26/2024 We had a successful Rockhounding 101 class a couple weeks ago. This is the next opportunity to explore an area with great fluorite, smokey quartz and geothite, and to learn or polish your rockhounding skills in the wild!

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