Where to Find Jasper in Nevada
Nevada has 9 mapped collecting spots that report jasper, spread across 7 counties. 5 of the spots are on land mapped as publicly accessible.
Spot list checked against source data on April 1, 2026.
Every jasper spot we track in Nevada
Best spotVirgin ValleyHumboldt County, NevadaPermission required · Agate, Chalcedony, Chert +6
Best spotCoaldaleEsmeralda County, NevadaPublic access · Agate, Chert, Hyalite Opal +2
Best spotFernley HillsLyon County, NevadaPublic access · Agate, Chert, Jasper
Montezuma PeakEsmeralda County, NevadaCheck locally · Chalcedony, Chert, Jasper +3
Agate PointHumboldt County, NevadaCheck locally · Agate, Chalcedony, Chert +2
Lahontan ReservoirChurchill County, NevadaPermission required · Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper +1
Lander CountyLander County, NevadaPublic access · Chalcedony, Jasper, Opal +1
HendersonClark County, NevadaPublic access · Chalcedony, Jasper, Onyx
Aurora Ghost TownMineral County, NevadaPublic access · Jasper, Quartz
Standout jasper spots in Nevada
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Coaldale
Esmeralda County
Coaldale is a useful Esmeralda County silica locality because the candidate data points to agate, chert, hyalite opal, jasper, and turquoise in a compact desert area.
Virgin Valley
Humboldt County
Virgin Valley is the United States' classic black-opal district, with USGS and Mindat both placing the opal field near the Oregon line in the Sheldon refuge country.
Fernley Hills
Lyon County
Fernley Hills is a practical western Nevada silica stop, with Mindat records documenting agate, chalcedony, opal, quartz, and zeolite minerals in the Fernley area.
Best counties for jasper in Nevada
Ranked by the number of mapped jasper spots. County links open the full rockhounding page for that county.
Before you go
Read the jasper identification guide so you know what a keeper looks like in the field: Jasper in the encyclopedia.
