Research • Education • Outreach
“We Look Into the Past”
Jones Geological Services
(717) 887-7103
Email: jonesgeo@comcast.net
Research • Education • Outreach
“We Look Into the Past”
Jones Geological Services
(717) 887-7103
Email: jonesgeo@comcast.net
Upcoming
April 16, 2024 – “East Coast Geologic Tourist Attractions” for the Penn State York OLLI program, York, PA. 11:00 a.m.
April 16, 2004 – A Look Inside of the Pennsylvania Geologic Survey’s Library with Jody Smale. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m.
April 17, 2024 – “Geologic Tour to Selected Sites in York County” for PA DEP, 9:00 a.m.
April 23, 2024 – “Geology of Pennsylvania” for OLLI – York Campus, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30p.m.
April 26, 2024 – “Geology of York County and My Favorite Geologic Sites” for Asbury Normandie Ridge Retirement Center, 11:00 a.m.
April 30, 2024 – “Geology of Pennsylvania” for OLLI – York Campus, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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May 2, 2024 –“The Raise and Fall of the Appalachians”, Annual Geology Lecture for The Institute, Waynesboro, PA. 7:00 p.m.
May 3, 2024 – Day of Science at Dallastown Middle School, Earthquakes, Fossils and Minerals, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
May 9, 2024 – “Who was Atreus Wanner” for the Harrisburg Geological Society, PA Geologic Survey, 6:30 p.m.
May 10, 2024 – “Earthquakes” at the Spring Grove Recreation Center, 6:00 p.m.
May 11, 2024 – Geology Bus Trip to the New Paris Quarry and Coral Caverns, Bedford County for The Institute, Waynesboro, PA. 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
May 17, 2024 – Stargazing with your eyes at the East Berlin Community Center, 8:15 – 9:15 p.m.
May 19, 2024 – “Your Backyard Geology” for the Pennsylvania Archaeological Chapter 28, Blue Rock Heritage Center, Washingtonboro, 4:00 p.m.
May 21, 2024 – “The paradox of overthrusting: How fold-thrust belts work” with Daniel Davis. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m.
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June 8, 2024 – “Fossil Pit” at the Experience Codorus Outdoors Event, 11:00 am – 6:00p.m.
June 9, 2024 – “Fossil Pit” at the Experience Codorus Outdoors Event, 11:00 am – 5:00p.m.
June 12, 2024 – TBA at Girls Adventure Camp, Collinsville, PA, 9:15 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
June 17 – 21, 2024 – “Youth Archaeology Week” in Dillsburg, PA. For details go to
https://northernyorkhistorical.org/programs/archaeology-camp
June 25, 2024 -Sweet Arrow County Park Geology Walk, Pine Grove, PA, 7:00 p.m.
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July 10, 2024 – TBA at Boys Adventure Camp, Collinsville, PA, 9:15 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
July 13, 2024 – “Tracking A Dinosaur” at Spring Grove Community Park, 10:00 a.m.
July 14, 2024 – “Fossils” at Wallace-Cross Mill, Cross Roads, PA, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
July 23, 2024 – “Fossils” for the Penn State – York OLLI – 11:00 a.m. Part 1
July 30, 2024 – “Fossils” for the Penn State – York OLLI – 11:00 a.m. Part 2
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September 17, 2024 – “Earthquakes and Radon in Pennsylvania” for OLLI – York Campus, 11:00 a.m.
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October 4 – 6, 2024 – Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists, Gettysburg, PA
October 10, 2024 – “Geology Walk at Rocky Ridge County Park” for OLLI – York Campus, 10:00 a.m.
October 17, 2024 – “Geology Walk at Sam Lewis State Park” for OLLI – York Campus, 10:00 a.m.
October 24, 2024 – “Geology Walk at York County Heritage Rail Trail – Hanover Junction Train Station” for OLLI – York Campus, 10:00 a.m.
January 11, 2024 – “Your Backyard Geology” for the Red Land Senior Center, Lewisberry, PA. 12:20 p.m.
January 16, 2024 – Zoom Rock Room, “Vermont Granite” with Shane Fern. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m.
January 27, 2024 – “Geology of York County” for Powder Mill Senior Commons, York, PA 1:00 p.m.
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February 6, 2024 – Zoom Rock Room,, “”Machu Picchu and Easter Island Discovering Two Mysterious Civilizations” with Ken Frazer. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m.
February 13, 2024 – “So You Want To Be a Geologist” for the Penn State York OLLI program, York, PA. 11:00 a.m.
February 20, 2024 – Zoom Rock Room,, ““Structural and geophysical aspects of Lunar multi-ringed Impact basins” with Greg Herman. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m.
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March 1, 2014 – Fossil Collecting at New Ringgold, PA with Hamburg Homeschoolers Association. TBA.
March 2, 2024 – “Minerals” at the annual Rocks 4 Kids program, Linglestown Life United Methodist Church, Linglestown, PA. 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
March 5, 2024 – “Eurypterid Biostratigraphy in Upper Silurian and Lower Devonian Strata in New York and Pennsylvania” with Dean Ruocco. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m.
March 19, 2024 – Mineralogical Things you can see with SEM and EDS with Dr. Kurt Friehauf, Kutztown University. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m.
March 20, 2024 – “The Seven Geologic Wonders of the World” for Spirit Trust Lutheran Center, Sprenkle Drive, York, PA. 2:00 p.m.
March 25, 2024 – “Geology of York County” for the York College of Pennsylvania Intro to Geography class, 11:00 a.m.
March 25, 2024 – Chickies Rock Field Trip for the York College of Pennsylvania Intro to Geography class, 2:15 p.m.
March 27, 2024 – Chickies Rock Field Trip for the York College of Pennsylvania Intro to Geography class, 2:15 p.m.
January 3, 2023 – Zoom Rock Room, “Iceland Spar” with Johnny Johnsson. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m. (34 people in attendance)
January 17, 2023 – “Geology and the Gettysburg Campaign” to the District Lodge 98 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union, York, PA. 9:30 a.m. (32 people in attendance)
January 17, 2023 – Zoom Rock Room, “Groundwater”. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m. (38 people in attendance)
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February 7, 2023 – Zoom Rock Room, TBA with Vincent Santucci, National Parks Service. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m. (35 people in attendance)
February 21, 2023 – Zoom Rock Room, “Archaeology along the Little Schulykill River” with Roger Freed. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m. (50 people in attendance)
February 22, 2023 – “Gold in southeastern Pennsylvania” for Providence Place, Dover, PA 2:00 p.m. (12 people in attendance)
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March 4, 2023 – “Volcanoes and Earthquakes” at Rocks4Kids Event. Linglestown Life United Methodist Church, Linglestown, PA 10 am – 3 pm. (180 people in attendance)
March 7, 2023 – Zoom Rock Room, “The John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, OR” with Michelle Ordway, Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m. (30 people in attendance)
March 9, 2023 – “The Mining History of the Dillsburg Area” for the Central PA Rock and Mineral Club, 7:00 p.m. Linglestown, PA (45 people in attendance)
March 21, 2023 – Zoom Rock Room, “Punctuated Tectonic Equilibrium” with Greg Herman. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m. (29 people in attendance)
March 31, 2023 – Geology of the Rail Trail at Hyde for the 5th graders, Indian Rock Elementary School, York PA. (85 people in attendance)
April 1, 2023 – Geology of the Susquehanna Riverlands State Park, Accomac, PA. 1:00 p.m. (11 people in attendance)
April 4, 2023 – Zoom Rock Room, “The History and Archaeology of the Mary Ann Furnace, York County, PA” with Jeri Jones, Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m. (32 people in attendance)
April 5, 2023 – “Geology and the Gettysburg Campaign” for Province Place, Dover, PA. 2:00 p.m. (12 people in attendance)
April 12, 2023 – “Geology and Mining History of Springettysburg Township, York PA.” York Area United Fire Station, 7:00 p.m. (35 people in attendance)
April 15, 2023 – Field Trip through South Mountain for the Pennsylvania Volunteer Naturalists, 9:00 – 2:00 p.m. (12 people in attendance)
April 18, 2023 – Zoom Rock Room, “Rockhounding 101” with Jeri Jones and Melanie Tracey. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m. (46 people in attendance)
April 24, 2023 – “Mining History of York and Lancaster counties” for St. John’s Herr Estate Senior Living, Columbia, PA. (8 people in attendance)
April 25, 2023 – Astronomical Observing at the Jones Observatory for Penn State – York Olli program (14 people in attendance)
May 2, 2023 – April 4, 2023 – Zoom Rock Room, “Mining History of Montgomery County, PA” with Ron Sloto. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m. (35 people in attendance)
May 4, 2023 –“What’s on the Other Side of the Mountain” for The Institute, Waynesboro, PA, 7:00 p.m. (22 people in attendance)
May 6, 2023 – Geology of York County bus trip for The Institute, Waynesboro, PA, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (23 people in attendance)
May 9, 2023 – “Radon in York County” for the East York Rotary Club, Heritage Hills, 7:15 a.m. (35 people in attendance)
May 9, 2023 – “My Favorite Local Geologic Sites” for the Penn State – OLLI program, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (46 people in attendance)
May 12, 2023 – Spirit Trust Kelly Drive, “Geology along the York County Heritage Rail” Trail, 2:00 p.m. (18 people in attendance)
May 13, 2023 – “Geology of Lancaster County” for West Hempfield Township Recreation, Grubb Lake Park, Lancaster County, PA. 10:00 a.m. (2 people in attendance)
May 16, 2023 – Zoom Rock Room, “The Potomac Marble” with Paul Kreingold. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m. (51 people in attendance)
May 18, 2023 – Hanover Historical Society at Mary Ann Furnace, 11:00 a.m. (22 people in attendance)
May 22, 2023 – “The Slate Story – Delta, PA” Fieldtrip for Spirit Trust Kelly Drive, 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (12 people in attendance)
May 23, 2023 – “Geology of the Gettysburg Campaign” for the Penn State – York OLLI program, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (26 people in attendance)
June 4, 2023 – “Intro to Geology” for Volunteer Naturalists, Bear Branch Nature Center, Westminster, MD., 1:00 p.m. (15 in attendance)
June 6, 2023 – Zoom Rock Room, “Famous Geological Vacation Spots Quiz Night” Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m. (23 people in attendance)
June 9, 2023 – Participant in the Experience Codorus Outdoors Festival, 4:00 – 8:00 p.m., Main Boat Launch. (1400 people in attendance)
June 10, 2023 – Participant in the Experience Codorus Outdoors Festival, 4:00 – 8:00 p.m., Main Boat Launch. (2100 people in attendance
June 19 – 23, 2023 – Archaeology Week at Mary Ann Furnace, Codorus State Park, Hanover, PA 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (36 people in attendance)
June 20, 2023 – Zoom Rock Room, “What is Ground Penetrating Radar” with Peter Weston. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m. (36 people in attendance)
June 22, 2023 – Youth Archaeology Week Public Program at Mary Ann Furnace, 6:30 p.m. (62 people in attendance)
June 26, 2023 – “Volcanoes and Earthquakes” for the New Oxford Library, PA, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. (Canceled)
June 28, 2023 – “Geologic History of the Lower Susquehanna River” for the Penn State Extension Dauphin County Master Watershed Stewards, Appalachian Brewery, Harrisburg, PA, 6:00 p.m. (62 people in attendance)
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July 9, 2023 – “Fossils and Panning for Gold, Wallace-Cross Mill, Felton, PA 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (Postponed to July 16th)
July 11, 2023 – Geology Hike of Sweet Arrow Lake county Park, Pine Grove, PA, 7:00 p.m. (36 people in attendance)
July 14, 2023 – “York County Geology” for Spirit Trust Kelly Drive, 2:00 p.m. (23 people in attendance)
July 16, 2023 – “Fossils and Panning for Gold, Wallace-Cross Mill, Felton, PA 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (12 people in attendance)
July 18, 2023 – “Tracking a Dinosaur” program for West York School District Summer Lunch program, 12:00 p.m. (24 people in attendance)
July 18, 2023 – Zoom Rock Room, “History of the Gap Nickel Mine, Lancaster County, PA” with R.J. Harris. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m. (32 people in attendance)
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August 1, 2023 – Zoom Rock Room, “Earthquakes in Pennsylvania” with Jeri Jones. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m. (30 people in attendance)
August 15, 2023 – “Fossils, Fossils and Fossils, Sweet Arrow Lake County Park, Pine Grove, PA, 7:00 p.m. (40 people in attendance)
August 19, 2023 – “Gold in southeastern PA” at the Dill Tavern, Dillsburg, PA. 10:00 a.m.
August 26, 2023 – “Geology Walk at the Haldeman Mansion”, Locust Grove, PA, 10:00 a/m/
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September 5, 2023 – Zoom Rock Room, “Geology of the National Parks” with Steve Lindberg. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m. (25 people in attendance)
September 9, 2023 – “Millersville – Your Backyard Geology” for the Millersville Historical Society, Millersville Municipal Complex, 9:00 a.m. (40 people in attendance)
September 9, 2023 – Geology Walk of the Vicinity of Chickies Rock. Meet at the Furnace Road Parking Area, Northwest Lancaster County River Trail, 1:00 p.m. (7 people in attendance)
September 12, 2023 – “Pennsylvania Earthquakes” for OLLI – Penn State York Campus. 11:00 a.m. (25 people in attendance)
September 19, 2023 – Zoom Rock Room, “Historic Charcoal Making” with Paul Fagley. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m. (26 people in attendance)
September 23 and 24, 2023 – Mini Programs for the Central Pennsylvania Rock and Gem Show, Consistory Building, Harrisburg, PA. (88 people in attendance)
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October 3, 2023 – Zoom Rock Room, “Get To Know Your Co-Hosts” with Jeri Jones and Melodie Tracey. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m. (27 people in attendance)
October 5 – 7, 2023 – Field Conference of PA Geologists Conference, Gettysburg, PA. Jeri is field trip coordinator into southern York County and South Mountain. **CANCELED**
October 12, 2023 – “Your Backyard Geology” at the Hanover Historical Society, 7:00 p.m. (35 people in attendance)
October 13, 2023 – History and Mystery of Raab County Park, Seven Valleys, PA. 10:00 a.m. (17 people in attendance)
October 13, 2023 – Astronomy Science Night at Shrewsbury Elementary School, Shrewsbury, PA. (150 people in attendance)
October 17, 2023 – “Mining History of York and Lancaster County” for OLLI – Penn State York Campus. 11:00 a.m. (25 people in attendance)
October 17, 2023 – “Your Backyard Geology” for the Northern Baltimore County Historical Society, Gunpowder Baptist Church, Middletown, MD. 7:00 p.m. (23 people in attendance)
October 23, 2023 – Field Trip to Chickies Rock County Park for the York College of PA Geography Class, 11:00 a.m. – 1:45 p.m. (16 people in attendance)
October 24, 2023 – Zoom Rock Room, “Geology of Yosmite National Park” with Dianna Guise. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m. (27 people in attendance)
October 25, 2023 – “Geology of York County and the Changing Landscapes” for the York College of PA Geography Class, 11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. (27 people in attendance)
October 26, 2023 – “Your Backyard Geology” for Saint Francis Xavier School, 7th grade, Gettysburg, PA. 2:10 p.m. (17 people in attendance)
October 27, 2023 – Field Trip to Chickies Rock County Park for the York College of PA Geography Class, 11:00 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.
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November 7, 2023 – Zoom Rock Room, “The Swatara Gap Fossil Site” with Dean Ruocco. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m. (23 people in attendance)
November 14, 2023 – “Furnaces and Kilns of York County” for OLLI – Penn State York Campus. 11:00 a.m. (43 people in attendance)
November 18, 2023 – “Tracking a Dinosaur” at New Oxford Library, 1:00 p.m. (9 people in attendance)
November 19, 2023 – What is prehistoric archaeology? Program for Blymires UCC Sunday School, Dallastown, PA 10:30 a.m. (16 people in attendance)
November 25, 2023 – Leading fossil trip to the East Brunswick Township Fossil Pit, New Ringgold, PA for the Central Pennsylvania Rock and Mineral Club. 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. (18 people in attendance)
November 26, 2023 – What is historical archaeology? Program for Blymires UCC Sunday School, Dallastown, PA 10:30 a.m. (18 people in attendance)
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December 5, 2023 – Zoom Rock Room, “Herkimer Diamonds” with Andrew Eppig.. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m. 24 people in attendance.
December 19, 2023 – Zoom Rock Room, “Holiday Trivia Party”. Send an invite request to jonesgeo@comcast.net. 7:00 p.m.