Hunting near Albuquerque, NM?

[DevonianDigger]

Hello all!

 

Have to go to Albuquerque, NM next month. Will be driving back with a U-Haul. I want to fill as much of this truck with fossils as humanly possible to make this foolishly long drive worth the effort. Does anyone know any spots in the very-near vicinity of Albuquerque where I can collect? I'm not going to be picky about what I collect, I just want to make the most of the fact that I have to be there! 

 

Thanks in advance!

[ynot]

Real nice mississippian limestone on Sandia Mountains just east of Albuquerque.

Maybe @PFOOLEY can help with other locations.

[Miocene_Mason]

I’ve done that trip before, well except from Maryland through Albuquerque to Sedona. It’s a nice trip though, very beautiful to see the landscape morph. Not to mention the rock formations are amazing!

Sorry I can’t help with sites, though if you want Apache tears look at the area around (though not in for legal reasons) kashe-katwa tent rocks (don’t know if I spelled that right). Good luck!

[caldigger]

Sounds like you just need to grab a few scoops with a backhoe when you find a spot.  

Let us know if you have any luck with your quest.

[FossilDAWG]

How near is "very near"?  Cretaceous outcrops (@pfooley's stomping grounds) are only an hour or so away.  A few hours  away are sites that yield exquisite  Pennsylvanian brachiopods. Near Taos are shale exposures that yield an amazing diversity of Pennsylvanian snails, bivalves, nautiloid, and occasional trilobites, conularids, and rare fish teeth.  The landscape is, in my opinion, quite beautiful.  Hopefully you will be able to devote a day (or more) to collecting.

 

Don