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FIELD TRIPS
Field trips are an integral part of ALL
ABOUT
MINING!We’re planning more than a
dozen exciting field trips to enhance your learning experience.
Accompanied by
skilled professionals, you’ll visit a broad spectrum of
operating projects to gain
hands-on knowledge you can use. You’ll see and learn even more
about geology,
surface mining, quarries, underground mining, milling, steel
making, recycling and
reclamation.
Some trips require
walking and climbing at high mountain elevations, sometimes it
can be arduous, and
some sites may be dusty, noisy or damp.
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Old Style Gold Panning is FUN!
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FIELD TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
Week 1
- USGS Earthquake Center
- Red Rocks Park
- Dinosaur Ridge
- Chieftain South Mine
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- US 285 Road Cut
- Clear Creek - Gold Panning
- Western Museum of Mining & Industry
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Week 2
- Henderson Mine
- Urad Mine Site
- Edgar Mine
- Earth Mechanics Institute Laboratory
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- TXI Boulder
- Cross Mine
- Hazen Research
- Cresson Mine
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Week 3
- American Gypsum Company
- Mahogany Oil Shale Research Project
- Natural Soda Inc.
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- Trapper Mine
- Deserado Mine
- Craig Generating Station
- Henderson Concentrator
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Week 4
- Rocky Mountain Steel Mills
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SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL !
At the National
Earthquake Center near Golden, the US Geological Survey
monitors earthquake activity around the world. There’s always something shaking
somewhere on our planet! You’ll see for yourself, and USGS Scientists will explain
how it all works.
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Molybdenum
Gold
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