Daisy Mountain Rock and Mineral Club
Rock and mineral club in Anthem, on the northern edge of Phoenix, since 2010
- Meets
- 1st Tuesday of the month, 6:30 to 8:30 pm (no meetings in July and August)
- Where
- Anthem Civic Building, 3701 W Anthem Way, Anthem
- Interests
- Geology, minerals, lapidary, wire wrapping
- Field trips
- Monthly, for members
- Annual show
- March, Anthem, about 55 vendors
- Kids
- Youth program since September 2024
- Visitors
- Encouraged at meetings
- Member of
- American and Rocky Mountain federations of mineralogical societies
Prospect on your own near Anthem
56 gem and mineral spots on open public land with no claim on record, within 50 miles.
Nearest open public land on our fossil and meteorite map: about 67 miles away.
There are more on the map, some of them with a possible mining claim.
About Daisy Mountain Rock and Mineral Club
The Daisy Mountain Rock & Mineral Club is based in Anthem, the community on the northern edge of the Phoenix area, and draws members from across the Valley. It took shape in 2009, when a group of geologists and teachers joined local rockhounds to set up a nonprofit, and it was organized as a corporation in 2010. The club's goal is to get people excited about rocks, minerals and stone cutting, through teaching, days out in the field, community work and friendship.
The club meets on the first Tuesday of the month from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Anthem Civic Building, 3701 W Anthem Way, and takes July and August off. Every meeting has a guest speaker, a raffle, a silent auction and a show-and-tell where members bring their latest finds and the stones they have cut. Visitors are encouraged to come. Before the meeting, from 4:30, a wire wrapping class turns cabochons into pendants; places are limited and classes are announced to members by email.
Field trips run every month and are for members only. The field trip committee announces them by email and in Rockchips, the monthly newsletter, with issues online back to 2016. Members have hunted agate near Sheep's Bridge on the Verde River, and the club's photo pages show what comes home: Apache tears from Vulture Mine Road, a thunder egg from the Dragon Mine, garnet from the Aquarius Mountains, malachite from the Planet Mine, wulfenite from the Red Cloud Mine and quartz from Diamond Point. One joint trip to Diamond Point with the Mineralogical Society of Arizona drew more than 40 people.
Every March the club puts on its Rock and Gem Show in Anthem, with about 55 vendors. A youth program started in September 2024, and each January members bring rocks and a black-out tent of glowing fluorescent minerals to a STEAM night at an Anthem school. The club also gives geoscience scholarships every year, to a graduating senior from the local high schools and to a college student.
Other clubs and places nearby
- Arizona Association of Gold ProspectorsClub · 21 mi
- GPAA Phoenix ChapterClub · 21 mi
- Gold Fever of the West Valley (GPAA)Club · 21 mi
- Roadrunner Prospectors ClubClub · 23 mi
- American Gold Prospecting AdventuresPay-to-dig · 23 mi
- Mineralogical Society of ArizonaClub · 25 mi
Where to buy gear nearby
- Rare Earth GalleryShop · 12 mi
- Rob's Detector SalesOnline shop · 21 mi
- Nugget Shooter Metal Detector SalesOnline shop · 27 mi
- Miners Rock ShopShop · 34 mi