New Mexico Mineral Symposium
http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/museum/minsymp/home.cfml11-12 november 2017New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Macy Center
http://www.strahlen.org/forum/index.php/topic,6805.0.htmlFor the Abs, see
http://www.strahlen.org/forum/index.php/topic,20418.0.htmlAlso see:
https://www.mindat.org/mesg-64-422272.html
Featured Speaker:
Terry Huizing — Collecting Geode Minerals in the American Midwest"
Terry E. Huizing, a consulting editor of Rocks & Minerals magazine, is Adjunct Curator of Mineralogy at the Cincinnati Museum Center and focuses his personal collecting activities on calcite, pseudomorphs, and minerals from the American Midwest.
Minerals found in the carbonate rocks of the American Midwest are well crystallized, beautiful, and abundant. Spectacular crystals occur in a wide range of habits, color, and association with other min - erals. Collectible minerals from the Midwest occur at mines located in Mississippi Valley-type deposits, at limestone quarries, and within quartz geodes occurring only in rocks of Mississippian age.
Terry’s talk will feature a great number of photos of the mineral species found at three important geode fields.
Mineral Symposium Field Trip — Bursum Mine
The Bursum Mine (aka U.S. 60 Mine) is located in the Luis Lopez Manganese Mining District immediately south of Socorro along U.S. Highway 60. The mine is unique in the district in that it produced banded goethite and hematite in greater abundance than manganese oxide minerals. Botryoidal and stalactite specimens have found their way into collections and museums around the country. Portions of the deposit have been recently reclaimed by the hosts of the trip, Alan Perryman and Richard Overley, and the rest of the deposit is on state land. Meet at the shrine along U.S. 60, (mile post 133) west of Socorro at 9:00 a.m. Friday, November 10, to be escorted to the collecting site by Alan and Richard. For more information contact: altperr@yahoo.com.
Schedule
Friday November 10, 2017
8:00 am to 5:00 pm: Field Trip to Bursum Mine, Socorro County, N.M. — Alan Perryman and Richard Overley, trip leaders
5:pm to 7 pm: Friends of the Museum Reception — Headen Center
7:00 pm: (Bureau of Geology) atrium. Appetizers and Cash Bar
7:00 pm: Informal motel tailgating and social hour, individual rooms, Comfort Inn & Suites (# 1 on map) and other venues — FREE
Saturday November 11, 2017
8:00 am: Registration, Macey Center; continental breakfast
8:50 am: Opening remarks, main auditorium
9:00 am: Exploring the Minerals of Wind Mountain: An Alkaline Laccolith near the Border with Texas — Michael Michayluk (1)
9:30 am: Adventures of the Conglomerate Kid in the Michigan Copper Country — Tom Rosemeyer
10:00 am: Coffee and Burrito break
11:00 am: The Piedmont Mine: History, Minerals, and Myths — Barbara Muntyan (2)
11:30 am: What I did on my Summer Vacation: The “Pet”rified Forest Project — Alan Perryman (3)
12:00 pm: Lunch & Museum Tour.
2:00 pm: Updated Mineral Lists For The Georgetown District, Grant County, New Mexico — Robert Walstrom (4)
2:30 pm: Enchanted Adventures: 30 Years of Field Collecting New Mexico — Philip Simmons
3:00 pm: Coffee break
3:30 pm: Caledonite and Linarite from the Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico — Ray DeMark and Tom Katonak (5)
4:00 pm: Collecting Geode Minerals in the American Midwest — Terry Huizing (Featured Speaker)
5:30 pm: Sarsaparilla and suds: cocktail hour, cash bar — Fidel Center Ballrooms
6:30 pm: Silent Auction and Dinner followed by a voice auction to benefit the New Mexico Mineral Symposium — Fidel Center Ballrooms
Sunday November 12, 2017
8:00 am: Morning social, coffee and donuts
8:50 am: Welcome to the second day of the symposium and follow-up remarks.
9:00 am: The Creation of the Sherman Dugan Museum of Geology at San Juan College, Farmington, New Mexico — Donna Ware and Jeff Self (6)
9:30 am: Kelly Mine Mineral Update — Patrick Haynes (7)
10:00 am: Coffee break
10:30 am: Micro and Thumbnail Treasures of the Graphic Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico — Allen Schmeidicke (8)
11:00 am: Cripple Creek — The Untold Stories — Steven Veatch, Ben Elick, and Jenna Salvat (9)
11:30 am: The Desert Museum’s Limestone Caves and Cave-like Minerals — Anna Dometrovic (10)
12:00 pm: Lunch
1:15 to 3:00 pm: Silent auction, upper lobby, Macey Center, sponsored by the Albuquerque Gem and Mineral Club for the benefit of the Mineral Museum (FREE)
