Events

Rock and Mineral Shows

April 12- 13

Helena Gem & Mineral show
Saturday 9:00 to 6:00
Sunday 10:00 to  4:00
Helena Civic Center Ballroom 340 Neill Avenue

Monthly Meetings 

3rd Thursday of Each Month (excluding July and Dec)

7 PM – Fortress of Joy Church, 720 Faw Road

 Field Trips 

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Field trip schedule 2024

Helena Mineral Society Field Trip Schedule 2024

The field trip committee met on March 21, 2024 and proposes the followin schedule

  1. Mining Museum & Ringing Rocks, Butte: date tbd
  2. Bynum Dinosaur Museum, date tbd
  3. “April 27, 2024 Franklin Mine Road/RR tracks skarn deposit: calcite, vesuvianite, mica
  4. May 18, 2024 Sally Ann cleanup: clear the trail, site clean up
  5. June 8, 2024 Sally Ann: Collecting, quartz, amethyst
  6. June 22 or 29, 2024: Garnet dig southwest of Ruby Reservoir
  7. July 13, 2024 White Earth south of Beaver Creek: selenite, agate
  8. July 20, 2024 Copper City near Wheat Montana, Toston Dam area: fos
  9. August 10, 2024 Crystal Park: Quartz crystals

This is a preliminary schedule. If anyone knows of other sites willing to organize and lead a field trip, please contact me.

Bob Ringler – 406-431-3364
Ken Liston
Wayne Waters
Dave Jordan

Christmas Party

December 7th at 5pm

 

More Details to follow