Isleta Pueblo: Opal & Opalized Wood Rockhounding in Bernalillo County, New Mexico
- Minerals reported
- 3
- Elevation
- 4,970 ft
- Best months
- August to May
Isleta Pueblo is a mapped rockhounding spot in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Reported finds include opal, opalized wood, agatized wood. Below: coordinates, access notes, nearby spots, and trip-planning links.
Plan your visit
Permission required before collecting
- County
- Bernalillo County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest road
- Tribal Road 12
- Coordinates
- 34.90748, -106.67444
Coordinates are approximate. Confirm the exact ground in the RockHoundR app, where land overlays show which agency manages the area.
Land & collecting status
Permission required before collecting
Requires landowner or agency permission before any collecting. Do not enter without explicit authorization.
Public-land rules vary by agency, season, and field office. The RockHoundR app pulls live BLM, USFS, NPS, and tribal overlays so you can see exactly which agency manages the ground at this spot.
Best time to visit Isleta Pueblo
Comfortable months (45 to 90°F highs)
Best months: August to May. Typical highs run 92°F in midsummer and 51°F in midwinter, with winter lows near 22°F.
Climate normals: NOAA 1991-2020 monthlies, ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY station (8 mi away).
Geology at Isleta Pueblo
This spot sits on Upper Santa Fe Group, mapped as conglomerate sandstone, coarse alluvium, and fine alluvium that formed roughly 7 to 0 million years ago. Petrified wood typically travels as tough float, and worked gravels like these are exactly where weathered pieces tend to collect.
- Mapped unit
- Upper Santa Fe Group
- Age
- 7–0 Ma (Late Miocene to Middle Pleistocene)
- Rock types
- conglomerate sandstone, coarse alluvium, and fine alluvium
- Elevation
- 4,970 ft
Geologic mapping via Macrostrat and the underlying state geological survey maps (CC BY 4.0). Bedrock at the surface can vary within a mapped unit.
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Spot details combine the public RockHoundR location dataset, normalized mineral labels, agency land-status checks in the app, and community submissions. Coordinates are approximate until verified in the field.
State guidance last verified:
- Rockhound State Park, Collection rules
- BLM New Mexico
- New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources
- Community submissions reviewed against published agency rules
Found at Isleta Pueblo
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Nearby rockhounding spots
Other rockhounding spots within driving distance of Isleta Pueblo.
- Pajarito MesaBernalillo County, New Mexico · 8 mi awayAgatized Wood, Agate, Jasper
- Belen to Los LunasValencia County, New Mexico · 14 mi awayAgate
- Los LunasValencia County, New Mexico · 16 mi awayRed Agate, Banded Agate, Apache Tear
- Tijeras CanyonBernalillo County, New Mexico · 19 mi awayFluorite
- Rio Puerco ValleyBernalillo County, New Mexico · 19 mi awayAgate, Chalcedony, Jasper
- AlbuquerqueSandoval County, New Mexico · 24 mi awayAgatized Wood
- San Pedro MountainsSanta Fe County, New Mexico · 37 mi awayChalcopyrite, Chalcocite
- Estancia Dry LakeTorrance County, New Mexico · 40 mi awayEpsomite, Glauberite
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