Trips & Meetings
Program Meetings are held at the Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum in Ishpeming. Doors open at 1:00pm to allow visitors time to check out our mineral collection displays.
Zoom participation in program and business meetings will be available in 2025! Invitations will be sent to club members by email.
Important notices for all Field Trips!
We love including everyone on our trips. However, field trips can be dangerous if participants are not careful. We do not want anyone to get hurt or to lose our visiting privileges to private sites.
You are strongly advised to read and follow the full Field Trip rules:
Here are some key highlights:
- You don't need to be a member to attend our trips. Trips are $10 for non-members and $5 for members - except for the Annual Show Field Trips (then, everyone is $10).
- Children must be 7 years of age or older and must be closely attended at all times. Children under 7 are not allowed on any field trip properties, period. One adult per child. They cannot be wandering off.
- Bring safety glasses. We may have extras available - but if you do not have them, you will not be able to join the trip. They should be on at all times.
- Wear real shoes and long pants. Sandals, flip flops and shorts are not acceptable - dress for the dig!
- Always be careful. Especially watch out above and below you on rock piles, and around you if you're breaking rocks.
- No drones and no smoking. We do not want fires or other dangers on our trips. Yes, rock piles can be flammable!
- Follow all directions given by field trip coordinators and helpers!
- Have fun! If you don't know what it is you picked up, ask a senior club member. Or go straight to Dan.
The rules will be presented again in full before any trip begins.
Upcoming Meetings & Events (2025)
An outline is posted but still needs officer review; please check back later to ensure the dates are accurate. Filling TBDs will happen as soon as details become available.
June 15th, 2025 - Business Meeting
Cliffs Shaft @ 7pm: This is a club business meeting, open to members.
June 21st, 2025 - Field Trip
Cliffs Shaft parking lot, leaving at 9:30am: Ropes Gold Mine
July 19th, 2025 - Field Trip
Cliffs Shaft parking lot, leaving at 9:30am: TBD
July 20th, 2025 - Business Meeting
Cliffs Shaft @ 7pm: This is a club business meeting, open to members.
August 1st, 2025 - Field Trip
Cliffs Shaft parking lot, leaving at 9:30am: Republic Mine. $10 to attend for members and non members!
August 2nd, 2025 - Annual Upper Peninsula Gem & Mineral Show
Elks Lodge in Ishpeming, MI: updates will be posted on the show page.
Only the date is certain at this time.
August 3rd, 2025 - Field Trip
Negaunee Township Hall parking lot, leaving at 12:30pm: Lindberg Quarry. $10 to attend for members and non members!
August 25th, 2025 - Business Meeting
Cliffs Shaft @ 7pm: This is a club business meeting, open to members.
September 21st, 2025 - Program Meeting
Cliffs Shaft @ 1:30pm: Scott Markert, one of the Founders of the Ishpeming Rock and Mineral Club (along with his parents, Bob and Marian Markert) will present: “Mystery Minerals Collected.”
Scott will present
a variety of odd, unique, weird, rare and irresistible specimens, rocks and minerals that Scott and his family collected over the last century (and beyond). Scott will talk about the specimen itself, where it was collected (if known), its history and how his family acquired the specimen.
A business meeting will follow the presentation.