NE-AIPG Fall Meeting
October 02, 2026
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Field Trip: Little Falls and Fonda, NY; Dinner: Rustic Loft Pub and Grill, 4740 NY-30, Amsterdam, NY 12010
Herkimer area, NY
Field Trip and Dinner Meeting - Herkimer Diamonds. Field trip focus is on high accuracy mapping, structural Geology and stratigraphy of the Little Falls Dolostone and quartz bearing zones. Evening presentation expands on field trip content.
Meeting/Event Information
The anticipate 2026 meeting schedule for the Northeast Section is presented below. As dates and times may change, please check back for updates and specific meeting announcements. Meetings are open to all members—hope to see you there!
2026 Executive Committee Meeting Schedule: typically the first Monday of the month, adjusted for holidays.
• ExCom Monday Jan 5
• ExCom Monday March 2
• Spring Meeting Wednesday April 15
• ExCom Monday May 4
• ExCom Monday July 6
• ExCom Monday September 14
• ExCom Monday October 5
• Fall Meeting early October
• ExCom Monday Dec 7
Executive Committee Meetings are typically held from 4:00 to 5:30 pm via Zoom. Spring and Fall Membership Meetings are often in-person events with exact dates, times, and locations TBD.
AIPG-NE Spring Meeting
May 18, 2018
11:30 AM to 5:30 PM
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Sterling Hill Mine & Museum
30 Plant Street
Ogedensburg, NJ 07439
http://sterlinghillminingmuseum.org/
OPEN TO ALL AIPG MEMBERS AND OTHER INTERESTED SCIENTISTS
Registering and paying is easy. Please visit http://www.ne-aipg.org (click on “meetings” and scroll down)
Registration On-line is available to All, regardless of affiliation
AGENDA
11:30 - 1:00 PM Networking and Light Lunch - Sterling Hill Mine & Museum, Ogdensburg (held in GeoTech Center)
12 PM - 12:20 PM Introduction and Acknowledgment of Sponsors
1:00 - 3:30 PM Field Trip – Behind-the Scenes Tour of Sterling Hill Mine & Museum
3:30 - 4:30 PM Afternoon Speaker: William Kroth will present the background and history of Sterling Hill Mine
You are welcome to attend all or any portion of the day’s program but please register on-line so that we can anticipate your attendance.
Tour: Sterling Hill Mine & Museum
The Sterling Hill Mine & Museum is located at 30 Plant Street, Ogdensburg, New Jersey. Come join us for a guided behind-the-scenes tour featuring an extensive collection of fluorescent minerals. The area represents a varied and exciting geologic story of one of the oldest mines in the United States. The zinc ore body found at the Mine is part of the Proterozoic age Franklin Marble, which is bounded by granitic gneiss to the northwest and Ordovician limestone to the southeast. The zinc ore bodies found along the sides of plunging synclines produced more than 11 million ton of zinc ore when the mine was operational!
Approximately 357 different minerals were discovered at this historic mine site, 28 of which are unique to the area. Many of these minerals have fluorescent properties. A highlight of the tour is the aptly-named Rainbow tunnel, where exhibits of rare minerals that grow bright green and red under ultraviolet light line the walls.
The Mine itself also has a very interesting history. Mining of the local zinc deposits began sometime before 1739, and it is said that Thomas Edison participated in a nearby iron-mining operation. If you have time, check out the exhibits in the museum’s Zobel Exhibit Hall, which features a host of paraphernalia related to local mining history.
Please arrive at least 10 - 15 minutes before the start of the tour (12:45 PM).
Please follow the link below for directions to the Museum.
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http://sterlinghillminingmuseum.org/ |
Afternoon Presentation:
The Background and History of Sterling Hill Mine
William Kroth, President & CEO of the Sterling Hill Mine & Museum
Over the last two decades, the New Jersey Highlands have been extensively remapped by geologists of the New Jersey Geological Survey. The new detailed maps, combined with carbon and oxygen isotopic studies and a series of precise age determinations to put the rock units in proper chronological context, have produced a conceptual plate-tectonic model of the evolution of the region. It is now generally accepted that the ore deposits at Franklin and Sterling Hill originated as hot, metalliferous brines that were discharged onto the floor of a shallow sea about 1.3 billion years ago.
Tickets
$30.00 NE-AIPG Member
$30.00 All Other Attendees
