Where to Find Jasper in Minnesota
Minnesota has 8 mapped collecting spots that report jasper, spread across 3 counties. The largest share sits in Saint Louis County with 5 spots. 8 of the spots are on land mapped as publicly accessible.
Every jasper spot we track in Minnesota
Best spotHibbing (area 2)Saint Louis County, MinnesotaPublic access · Iron, Agate, Jasper +3
Best spotElySaint Louis County, MinnesotaPublic access · Jasper, Quartz, Chalcedony
Portsmouth MineCrow Wing County, MinnesotaPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper +3
BiwabikSaint Louis County, MinnesotaPublic access · Lake Superior Agate, Iron, Jasper
Biwabik (area 2)Saint Louis County, MinnesotaPublic access · Lake Superior Agate, Iron, Jasper
General Area (jasper)Saint Louis County, MinnesotaPublic access · Lake Superior Agate, Iron, Jasper
OsseoHennepin County, MinnesotaPublic access · Lake Superior Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper
Standout jasper spots in Minnesota
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Ely
Saint Louis County
The bedrock around Ely belongs to the Archean Ely Greenstone, some of the oldest rock in Minnesota at roughly 2.7 billion years, and its iron formations and quartz veins yield jasper, quartz, and chalcedony.
Hibbing (area 2)
Saint Louis County
Hibbing sits on the Mesabi Range, where the 1.9-billion-year-old Biwabik Iron Formation exposes banded iron formation of alternating hematite, magnetite, and goethite layered with red and gray jasper.
Best counties for jasper in Minnesota
Ranked by the number of mapped jasper spots. County links open the full rockhounding page for that county.
- Saint Louis County5 spots
- Crow Wing County2 spots
- Hennepin County1 spot
Before you go
Read the jasper identification guide so you know what a keeper looks like in the field: Jasper in the encyclopedia.
