Allowed
Wiley Well District / Hauser Geode Beds
California, Riverside·Rockhounding
Wiley Well is one of the few places BLM has formally designated for recreational mineral collecting rather than merely tolerating it. Geodes with quartz and chalcedony linings come out of the rhyolite here — but the road in is 15 miles of desert dirt, and summer heat regularly tops 115°F.
- Wiley Well is a BLM-designated recreational mineral collecting area — one of a small number nationwide where the agency has formally set land aside for rockhounding rather than simply allowing casual collecting on undesignated land
- Standard BLM casual-use limit applies: 25 pounds per day plus one piece, up to 250 pounds per year, personal use only, hand tools only under 43 CFR § 8365.1-5(b)(2)