Copper Country Rock and Mineral Club, CCRMC

COPPER COUNTRY ROCK AND MINERAL CLUB

HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN

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Elected Officers for 2011 - 2012:

President ~ Norm Gruber E-Mail: email: pres@ccrmc.info

Vice-President ~ Phil Halley

Secretary ~ Clyde Hecox

Treasurer ~ Carol Wiitanen E-Mail: email: treas@ccrmc.info

Trustee ~ Steve LaBonte (1 year)

Trustee ~ John Wells (2 years)

Trustee ~ Charlie Richardson (3 years)

Trustee ~ Steve Hecht (1 year, retiring president)

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WHO ARE WE ?

WHAT DO WE DO ?

For additional information go to our CCRMC Data Page

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Link to:

~ 2012 Monthly CCRMC Meeting Schedule ~

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Link to:

~ 2012 Meeting Agenda’s ~

Next Regular Meeting:

February 16, 2012 ~ 7:00 pm ~ Dollar Bay Fire Hall

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LAST YEAR

The Copper Country Rock and Mineral Club recently held the

2011 16th Annual Gem & Mineral Show

August 12, 2011	Friday	1pm - 8pm
August 13, 2011	Saturday	10am - 6pm
August 14, 2011	Sunday	11am - 5pm

Houghton Elementary School
203 Jacker Avenue - Houghton, Michigan

( intersection of Jacker Avenue & Bridge Street )

Free Admission ~ Free Parking

All 3 days: displays, door prizes, grab bags for kids, silent mineral-auction.

Saturday 12:00 Noon - 5pm: kids metal detect for buried treasurer
(kids 6-12 years old, accompanied by adult)

Sunday 1pm: WireWrap Jewelry Demonstration

Sunday 2 pm: Rock Cutting Demonstration
bring a 2", or smaller rock to be cut for free.

Dealers offering U.S. and World-wide Gems, Minerals, Fossils,
Lapidary, Mining Certificates, Jewelry, Handcrafted Stone Lampshades:

Costigan's Minerals, Minnesota
Cynthia Kelman Jewelry, Wisconsin
Granite Glass Creations, Florida & Michigan
Hinshaw's Rock & Gems, Indiana
Larry Falater Scrip, Michigan
Harley & Jacquie Larson, Wisconsin
Riddle Hill Rocks, Illinois
Sunshine Rock Company, Wisconsin
and

The Quincy Hill Swap
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Quincy Mine Hoist Parking Lot
U.S. 41, just north of Hancock, Michigan

For information on 2012 Rock & Mineral Show, or, to register for table space at the Quincy Hill Swap,
contact the 2012 Show Chairperson

Additional activities for this past 2011 U.P. Rock Collecting Week, can be found at:

Ishpeming Rock and Mineral Club

A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum

2011 Caledonia Mine Activities
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Thanks To Everyone !

~ 2011 CCRMC Gem & Mineral Show Photographs ~

CCRMC volunteer schedule for 2011 Show
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C.C.R.M.C. meetings are held monthly on the Third ( 3^rd ) Thursday evening at 7:00 pm.
Special activities include field trips, Christmas in July, Christmas in December,
and quarterly lectures hosted by the Seaman Society.

For additional information go to our CCRMC Data Page

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BLAST FROM DA PAST - 2003

October 11, 2003 ~ One Special Day at the Delaware Mine Site

Tap this datolite photo above to see the story
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Mineral & Rock Collecting and Equipment Links:

High Pressure Water Spray Gun Link

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White’s Metal Detector Repair Work from Electronic Explorations

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For those wishing to purchase copies of the best-ever “field manual”
"Red Gold & Tarnished Silver"
Mines and Minerals of the Lake Superior Copper District
Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
Copper Country Rock and Mineral Club, April 26, 2001
"RED GOLD" ordering information

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*Photograph by Dr. John Jaszczyk.
Detail of crystallized copper specimen, copyrighted Copper Country Rock and Mineral Club logo,
in the collection of the A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum.
Authority graciously granted in 1997 by the A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum
and Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan.

info@ccrmc.info