This full day field trip will provide an opportunity to visit multiple sites in the vicinity of Indianapolis, including collection opportunities. We will be spending some time at various areas of the Hanson Aggregates Midwest, Inc.’s Harding Street Quarry. This quarry is a sand and gravel pit. We will be observing the operations and looking at layers of dolomite, black shale, and Devonian / Silurian limestone. Dr. Nelson R. Shaffer from the Indiana Geological Survey will be guiding the trip and explaining the various layers. This will be a collecting trip so bring your collecting bags. We will provide a Field Guide, lunch, hard hats and safety glasses. Buy tickets online.
Upcoming Field Trips
This half-day (afternoon) field trip will be to the IMI (Irving Materials, Inc.) Pendleton Quarry. This site is well known for their amber colored calcite as well as their twin calcite crystals. Time permitting we will make a couple of other quick stops including Mounds archeological site built by the prehistoric Adena culture indigenous peoples of eastern North America. Dr. Nelson R. Shaffer from the Indiana Geological Survey will be guiding the trip and giving us a peak into Indiana’s past. A printed Field Guide will be provided. Buy tickets online.
