Mariposa Gem & Mineral Club
Gem and mineral club of Mariposa, in the southern Mother Lode. Meets usually on the second Sunday of each month at the Mariposa Museum & History Center, 5119 Jessie Street. Members-only field trips from Nevada to the Pacific coast (past trips: Patterson Pass fossil oysters, Eagle Meadow petrified wood, Exeter zoisite), the members' lapidary workshop The Quarry, the Rockin' Tailgate Swap at the fairgrounds every October and the Mountains of Minerals show in April.
Prospect on your own near Mariposa
11 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 167 miles away.
There are more on the map, some of them with a possible mining claim.
Other clubs and places nearby
- Merced River Recreation Area (Briceburg)Free public dig · 8 mi
- Fresno Gem & Mineral SocietyClub · 47 mi
- Mother Lode Mineral Society of CaliforniaClub · 55 mi
- Calaveras Gem & Mineral SocietyClub · 55 mi
- Roaring Camp Mining Company (Mokelumne River)Pay-to-dig · 71 mi
- Delta Gold Diggers (GPAA Stockton)Club · 80 mi