Western Colorado Chapter of Gold Prospectors Assn of America Photo Gallery Christmas Party 2018 Outing June/July 2018 GJ Gem Show 2018 Demo at Delta Rock Wranglers
Western Colorado Chapter of Gold Prospectors Association of America – The Place to Be We are pleased you found your way to our website. Find out more about our association and our members and get to know us better. We would be pleased to welcome you in person! If you like the website or have any suggestions, please leave a comment.Check out our news page for the latest news Reminders of events are on the meetings page.
Our Association The Western Colorado Chapter of the GPAA has a chapter contract with Gold Prospectors of America and goes by the rules and regulations set forth by them. We meet the 3rd Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm at 115 W. Main Street, Olathe, CO. At our meetings, we do club business, have discussions, presentations, and demonstrations. Come early and catch Gold Fever with us. The claims used by the club belong to members of the club and are not GPAA claims and are NOT listed in the GPAA Claims Guide. Only “Members in Good Standing” are allowed to work the private claims.
To become a “Member in Good Standing” you have to attend 3 consecutive monthly meetings and help at one of the gold shows held during the year. You can then purchase a badge for $1.50 which covers your family and must be with you at all times when you are on the claims.The term “recreational prospector” does not apply to prospecting and says to authorities you are not a serious prospector and are not covered by the mining laws. The terms you need to use to identify your activity include: small mining operator, minerals prospector, professional prospector, or any term indicating your activities are for profit not pleasure. What we doWe have monthly meetings, have a booth at various rock and gem shows, do fundraisers for a charity, and have outings to educate various methods of gold prospecting. Gold Shows – We have a booth at the Grand Junction Gem Show in May, the Delta Rock and Gem show in June, and Delta Heritage Days in June to promote our club. . Are you an active member,the kind that would be missed,or are you just contentedthat your name is on the list?Do you attendthe meetings and mingle with the flock,or do you meet in privateand criticize and knock?Do you take an active partto help the work along, or are you satisfied to be thekind who just belongs?Do you work on committees, to this there is no trick,or leave the work to just a few and talkabout the clique?So come to the local meetings often,and help with hand and heart.Don’t be just a member,but take an active part.Think this over folks,you know what isright or wrong.Are you just a memberor do you really belong?Where To Find Us:Western Colorado Chapter of Gold Prospectors Association of America115 West MainOlathe, COPhone +1-970-596-4627Please leave a message and I will return your call.Mailing address 63579 Spring Creek Rd #12 Montrose, CO 81403https://www.facebook.com/groups/1671302836254260/The Official GPAA of Western Colorado Gold Prospectors
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Welcome to the Home page of the CSMS. We are the Federation authorized Rock & Mineral Organization in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Please enjoy our site! The next general meeting will be held Thursday, June 16 7:00 pm at the Colorado Springs Senior Center at 1514 N Hancock Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Annual Membership Dues were due in January. Membership forms can be found here on the website. The 53rd Annual Pikes Peak Gem and Mineral Show will be held June 3-5 2016 at the Mortgage Solutions Financial Expo Center at 3650 North Nevada.
Denver Gem and Mineral Guild Founded in 1964, the Denver Gem and Mineral Guild pursues exploration, experimentation, and education in the earth sciences; the discovery, development and preservation of minerals and mineral deposits; and the advancement, encouragement and utilization of the principles of art and craftsmanship as applied to gems and minerals. The Denver Gem and Mineral Guild is an affiliate of: Denver Council of Gem and Mineral Societies Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineral Societies American Federation of Mineral Societies
Welcome to the Colorado Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy We are the Colorado Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy: dedicated to the advancement of serious interest in minerals and related activities. We are collectors, professionals, and curators who share a love of mineral specimens and the desire to promote understanding and appreciation of mineralogy. The National society was founded in 1970 in Tucson, AZ. The Colorado Chapter was founded in Denver in 1978. We participate in and are members of the greater community of Colorado mineral clubs, museum support groups, mining historical societies and the Greater Denver area, Gem and Mineral Council which is responsible for staging the annual Denver Gem and Mineral Show.™ Members include collectors, museum curators, mineralogists, and earth science educators. The organization is affiliated with Mindat.org, the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA), the American Geoscience Institute (AGI), and the Mineralogical Association of Canada (MAC). For information on the next meeting please go to the EVENTS page. Our Vision: FMCC’s vision is to promote, support, protect, and expand the collecting of mineral specimens, while furthering the recognition of the scientific, historical, economic, and aesthetic value of minerals, mineral collecting and mineral collectors. The local chapter works to fulfill this mission by participating in and sponsoring Colorado-themed and based symposiums, the joint organization of numerous clubs that organizes and executes the annual Denver Gem and Mineral Show™, legal collecting trips or tours to quarries, mines and rock dumps in Colorado where access is difficult to obtain, publications on Colorado localities and minerals, supporting Colorado museums and their objectives, maintaining access to collecting sites and sites of special mineralogical significance and providing a forum for individuals both experienced and developing to share their enthusiasm on mineralogical matters via presentations and displays. The national FM has made its voice heard whenever proposals are made to close mineral museums or collecting sites. The National FM co-sponsors symposiums held annually at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show, and contributes support and speakers to other mineral symposiums. FM presents annual awards for best article published in each of the following publications: The Mineralogical Record, Rocks & Minerals, Mineral News, and Mineral Monographs. It also gives awards to the best institutional and individual educational exhibit cases displayed at the Denver and Tucson gem and mineral shows.
Welcome to the Four Corners Gem & Mineral Club Established in 1947, the Club is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization dedicated to the earth sciences, local geology and mining history, rock-hounding, and lapidary and jewelry arts. It offers the only fully equipped open studio for lapidary and jeweler arts in this region with frequent classes, field trips, programs and more. Check out the Club’s Year Round Activities Class Descriptions Programs & Field Trips Fully Equipped Shop A wide range of lapidary, metal smith, enamel, casting, and precious metal clay classes are offered to the public throughout the year. Classes are taught by experienced, talented instructors in our well equipped workshop. See schedules Programs and Field Trips are led by experienced speakers about topics and locations around the 4 Corners area. To keep posted on these fun and educational offerings, sign up for monthly announcements on the Join Club page. Sign up for field trip announcements See Schedules Members gain access to a well-equipped lapidary studio with everything you need to cut rough stone, shape slabs, and grind and polish stones into attractive cabochons. The club also houses jewelers’ benches to cut, shape, and finish metal, casting equipment, kilns for enamel and precious metal clay, and fully equipped solder stations. Helpful shop stewards are available during Open Shop hours too.
Fort Collins Rockhounds Club Our members share a common interest in rocks and minerals. Areas of interest include lapidary work (cutting and polishing rocks, tumbling, and faceting gems), and jewelry making. Meetings feature club business discussions, rock show-and-tell, give-aways, various programs and presentations, videos, and snack/social time. The club organizes field trips within about half a day’s drive from Fort Collins, Colorado, and sponsors the annual Fort Collins Gem and Mineral Show each Winter. Visitors, including children, are always welcome to attend meetings.
The Rocky Mountain Micromineral Association On August 10, 2008 The Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum hosted a special event drawing 20 micromineral enthusiasts for an afternoon of conversation and distribution of surplus micromineral materials. It was decided to continue meeting monthly. The monthly Association meetings, hosted by the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum http://www.mines.edu/Geology_Museum, are oriented towards the hands-on use of microscopes. The RMMA periodically have field trips to locations known for micro minerals. The RMMA, with the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum, would like someday to sponsor a spring micromineral symposium.
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