Shoofly Sand Pit (Fossils)
Join Steve Schaps for a geologic field trip to the Shoofly Sand Pit located about 70 miles from Boise. The sand pit contains abundant small fossils from Lake Idaho deposits. […]
Join Steve Schaps for a geologic field trip to the Shoofly Sand Pit located about 70 miles from Boise. The sand pit contains abundant small fossils from Lake Idaho deposits. […]
Investigate the geology of Fossil Reef and Horse Hill with guide Barb Beatty. This area is 80 miles from Boise and has a lot of fossils, petrified wood, and Moqui […]
Need help identifying rocks you’ve found or purchased? Coyote Short, Professional Geologist, can identify rocks, minerals, fossils and Native American artifacts. Bring in your specimens and she will help you […]
Need help identifying rocks you’ve found or purchased? Coyote Short, Professional Geologist, can identify rocks, minerals, fossils and Native American artifacts. Bring in your specimens and she will help you […]
START TIME IS 8 AM ! Not 9am. If you have not confirmed with Coordinator Barb Beatty, please text her now at 602-228-5097 or by email blbeatty66@gmail.com. Join Geologist […]
The presentation will discuss Pegmatite, a textural term for igneous or metamorphic rock bodies with unusually large crystal sizes. 1:00 PM, Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology, 2455 Old Penitentiary […]
Learn what rocks are made of and how they are used every day. This is a fun event for kids. 1-2pm, Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology, 2455 Old Penitentiary […]
Idaho Gives runs from May 4- midnight May 7. Early donating begins about a week before. Please mark your calendar. This year our goal is to raise $5,000. The Idaho […]
Join Tom Frey for a popular field trip to the Shoofly Oolites, one of the largest outcrops of Oolites in North America—located 70 miles from Boise near Grand View. We […]
Join us in panning for gold! The Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology will set up this event in the courtyard of the Women's Prison at the Old Pen in […]