Our Mission

The Cañon City Geology Club is a non-profit educational club operating since1928. Our mission is to 1) increasemember knowledge of the earth sciencespertaining to minerals, gems, rocks, andfossils; 2) promote and perpetuateknowledge of the lapidary arts; 3)encourage field trips; 4) study the earthsciences, particularly of geology andmineralization in place; 5) encouragegreater public interest and education inminerals, gems, and fossils by cooperatingwith local educational institutions withpresentations of local mineral specimensand with examples of lapidary art.

For more information about CCGC, pleasevisit us at a club meeting or go to the clubwebsite:www.canoncitygeologyclub.com

Cañon City Geology Club is run by membervolunteers. Please consider joining andvolunteering.

Cañon CityGeology Club

Activities

Field trips are planned during the spring,summer and fall, and all members areencouraged to participate. We havesponsored many trips to the various gem,mineral and fossil rich areas in Colorado,and we regularly visit the New Hope claim,an amethyst mine owned by the club a fewmiles northwest of Cañon City.

Classes are scheduled during the wintermonths on topics such as mineralidentification, wire wrapping, cleaningrocks/minerals/fossils and others. Field Tripand Activity Schedules can be found on ourwebsite: www.canoncitygeologyclub.com

Programs

A short educational program given by visit-ing experts on geology, paleontology,mineralogy or other topics is usually held inconjunction with our meetings. We alsohave show-and-tell events by members.

Join us:

Our meetings are the second Monday ofeach month (except July and August) at 6:00p.m. for our business meeting and at 7:00p.m. for an interesting and informativeprogram.

The venue is the Fellowship Hall of theMethodist Church, 9th and Main St., CañonCity. Our meetings are open to the publicand we encourage visitors.

For more information and to get an application for membership, email: ccgeologyclub@gmail.com or visit or visit

www.canoncitygeologyclub.com

CCGC is a member of the Rocky MountainFederation of Mineralogical Societies andthe American Federation of MineralogicalSocieties.

Established in 1928Oldest Rockhounding Club in

Colorado

www.canoncitygeologyclub.comP.O. Box 522

Cañon City, CO 81215

CCGC also holds a Silent Auction during ourmonthly business meeting where membersand guests can bid on unique gems andminerals to benefit our scholarship fund.

Local Geology

We in Fremont County are so fortunate tohave world-class geology and paleontologyin our back yard. The geologic history ofFremont County begins with 1.7 billion yearold Precambrian rock. Cañon City and thesurrounding counties contain some of therichest geological history in America, givingus the opportunity to study it in place.

Show and Tell Field Trips Programs

Steve Veatch guiding field trip at Florissant Fossil Beds

Steve Wolfe teaches class on StratigraphyNew Hope Amethyst Claim field trip for members

Professor Frederick Carl Kessler, Cañon Cityhigh school teacher, often took his studentson field trips. On one of those field trips, thegroup discovered the stegosaurus fossil thatlater became the Colorado State Fossil.Kessler founded the Cañon City GeologyClub in 1928. It is the oldest geology club inColorado and one of the first four geologyclubs west of the Mississippi.

Amethyst from the New Hope claim

Show and Tell events at meetings, allowmembers to display what they’ve found onfield trips. It’s a great educational timewhere members get to share theirexperience with others.

Members and guest enjoying program.

Club History

Sea Urchin found on a field trip by a member at TeePee Buttes