E.S.C.O.N.I.

                       FUTURE FIELD TRIPS  - 2003

 The following field trips are planned. Exact dates have not been set for most of the trips. ESCONI will be contacting the quarry owners for permission and setting dates. Some trips may be cancelled due to unavailability of the quarry or due to lack of interest.  Weather may also affect any field trip.  Many quarry owners will not allow digging in rainy or muddy conditions.  If anyone is interested in the possible field trips or have any other suggestions, please contact John Good at 630-483-2363 or e-mail jgood10481@aol.com. 

 

                Field Trips

 
Date              Place and Type
February 22-23 Out of the Rocks Paleo Festival at Burpee Museum, Rockford
March 23 Braceville (Private Property) for Mazon Creek Fossils 
March 29,30 MAPS Fossil Expo, Macomb, Illinois / Geode collecting at Keokuk, Iowa 
April  5 Braceville (Private Property) for Mazon Creek Fossils 
April 6 Lone Star Quarry, Olgesby for fossils
May 4 Illinois Cement Quarry, LaSalle, Illinois
May 17,18 Braceville (Private Property) for Mazon Creek Fossils
August 2-4 Ispheming, Michigan for Kona Dolomite, Iron
August 3-10 Keweenaw Week, Upper Michigan for Copper
Labor Day Agate Collecting at Prairie DuChien
September 20,21 Braceville (Private Property) for Mazon Creek Fossils
September 27,28 Cancelled - Southern Minnesota for Ordovician Fossils
? Sylvania, Ohio for fossils
? St. Paul, Indiana for Trilobites

Web Sites of Interest

Field Trip Links (Past, Present and Future)

 

Dig Into The Experience Fossil Tours (Mazon Creek Collecting)

http://communities.msn.com/fossiltoursdisplays 

Gina Wysocki

"Dig into the Experience" Fossil Tours

628 Edgebrook Dr.

Shorewood, IL 60431

815-744-4384

 
April 26-27 2003 Trotter Dump Collecting and NJESA Show
 
Mont Saint-Hilaire field trips - Montreal Gem & Mineral Club
 
EFMLS Calendar - listings of eastern US mineral shows

 

Ray Wigger's Web Site - Field Trips, Lectures and Classes

 

Coal Mining Near Braceville, Illinois

 

Black Hills Institute Of Geological Research

 

Paleo Prospectors

Paleontological Survey and Excavation in the Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota.  Collecting vertebrate fossils such as Triceratops, T. Rex and small theropods.  Oligocene fossils are also collected.

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Last Updated 9/1/2003