Where to Find Jasper in New Mexico
New Mexico jasper turns up in the same volcanic country that produces the state's agate. The Black Range and the Mogollon Mountains in Catron and Sierra counties yield red, yellow, and brecciated jasper in welded tuff, often with banded chalcedony rims. The Apache Creek area produces a brown picture jasper with dendritic inclusions, and the Pinos Altos and Burro Mountains add ribbon and stripe jasper in old mining-district roadcuts. The Rockhound State Park area south of Deming is the most-visited locality, and the surrounding BLM ground holds float jasper in numerous quality grades.
Spot list checked against source data on April 1, 2026.
Every jasper spot we track in New Mexico
Best spotHatchDoña Ana County, New MexicoPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper +1- Best spotZuni MountainsCibola County, New MexicoPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper +1
Best spotRockhound State ParkLuna County, New MexicoPermission required · Agate, Blue Chalcedony, Jasper
Mimbres MountainsSierra County, New MexicoPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Chert +3- Cookes Peak areaLuna County, New MexicoPublic access · Agate, Carnelian, Chalcedony +2
- Jornada ValleySierra County, New MexicoPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Elixirite +2
NW San Juan CountySan Juan County, New MexicoPermission required · Chert, Garnet, Jasper +2- Rio Puerco ValleyBernalillo County, New MexicoPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper +2
- Elephant ButteSierra County, New MexicoPermission required · Agate, Chert, Chalcedony +1
- General Area (Luna County)Luna County, New MexicoPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Chert +1
- Luna (agate area)Catron County, New MexicoPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper +1
- MogollonCatron County, New MexicoPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper +1
- Pedernal ParkRio Arriba County, New MexicoPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Chert +1
- QuemadoCatron County, New MexicoPermission required · Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper +1
- Santa Fe National ForestSanta Fe County, New MexicoPublic access · Agate, Apache Tear, Jasper +1
- Turquoise Hill and surrounding areaSanta Fe County, New MexicoPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Chert +1
- Pajarito MesaBernalillo County, New MexicoPublic access · Agatized Wood, Agate, Jasper
- Pyramid MountainsHidalgo County, New MexicoPublic access · Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper
- Fra Cristobal RangeSierra County, New MexicoPermission required · Agate, Jasper
- LagunaCibola County, New MexicoPermission required · Agate, Jasper
- Plains of San AgustinCatron County, New MexicoPermission required · Moss Agate, Jasper
- AnchoLincoln County, New MexicoPublic access · Jasper
- CutterSierra County, New MexicoPublic access · Jasper
- Mockingbird GapSocorro County, New MexicoPermission required · Jasper
Standout jasper spots in New Mexico
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Zuni Mountains
Cibola County
The Zuni Mountains give New Mexico's top ten a western forest-and-public-land agate field rather than another southern mining district.
Hatch
Doña Ana County
Hatch is a useful southern New Mexico agate and jasper area because it represents the broad volcanic terrain around the Caballo and Hatch country, not a single pay-to-dig pit.
Rockhound State Park
Luna County
Rockhound State Park is unusual because it was set aside specifically for personal mineral collecting, with state-park rules allowing visitors to keep a limited amount of material.
Best counties for jasper in New Mexico
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.
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