Discover Nature's Remarkable Patterns
About 10-12 trips will be planned each year, including the IFG&MS claims.

EASTERN IDAHO GEOLOGY

The majority of rocks collected in Eastern Idaho are agates and jaspers associated with Challis Volcanic rhyolite flows and petrified wood associated with ash fall tuffs and welled tuffs.  In addition to the Challis Volcanics, other rock and minerals of interest are : 1) The plutonic rocks consisting mainly of granite that contain quartz and feldspar crystals, 2) The metamorphic rocks containing garnet, serpentine and marble.  3) Sedimentary limestones containing horn coral and cronoids and clam shells...." 
by Jim Bosley
"Safety Note: Rattlesnakes 
Though seemingly rare, ..." by Owen Martin, AFMS Safety Chair
Field Equipment You Will Want for Rockhounding and Mineral Test Kit Introduction by Jim Bosley
"Obsidian is mineral-like, but not a true mineral because as a glass it is not crystalline ..." by Jim Bosley